Deborah Robertson

Deborah Robertson (1959) is an Australian novelist, poet and journalist. She was born in Bridgetown, Western Australia and completed a degree in Creative Writing at the Curtin University of Technology. She currently teaches in the Department of English and Comparative Literature at Murdoch University.

Awards

• International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, 2008: longlisted for Careless
• Nita Kibble Literary Award, 2007: winner for Careless
• The Age Book of the Year Award, Fiction Prize, 2007: shortlisted for Careless
• Orange Prize for Fiction (UK), 2007: longlisted for Careless
• New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, Christina Stead Prize for Fiction, 2007: shortlisted for Careless
• Commonwealth Writers Prize, South East Asia and South Pacific Region, Best Book, 2007: shortlisted for Careless
• Miles Franklin Literary Award, 2007: shortlisted for Careless
• Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA), Australian Literary Fiction Book of the Year, 2007: shortlisted for Careless
• Colin Roderick Award, 2006: winner for Careless
• Western Australian Premier's Book Awards, Fiction, 2006: shortlisted for Careless
• Arts Queensland Steele Rudd Australian Short Story Award, 1998: winner for 'Proudflesh
• Katharine Susannah Prichard Award, 1991: winner for Babyhead

Bibliography

Novels

• Careless (2006)

Short stories

• Proudflesh (1997)

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