| Debra Daley | |
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| Born | New Zealand |
| Alma mater | University of Auckland |
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Debra Daley is a New Zealand author.
Daley was born in New Zealand and is of Irish heritage. She grew up in the west of Auckland and graduated from the University of Auckland with an MA in English Literature. She currently lives in the Bay of Plenty.
Daley has worked as journalist, in public health, and as a screenwriter, working on the television dramas Universal Drive, The Shadow Trader, At the End of the Day, Pristine.
Daley has published three novels, The Revelations of Carey Ravine (2016), Turning the Stones (2014), and The Strange Letter Z (1996). The Revelations of Carey Ravine and Turning the Stones are both historical fiction, set in 18th-century England and Ireland. Her first novel, The Strange Letter Z, takes place in Mexico and New Zealand in the 1980s. She has also published a number of short stories.
In 1992 she won the Lilian Ida Smith Award. She received the Grimshaw-Sargeson Fellowship in 2013 with Toa Fraser. In 2005 she was awarded the Creative New Zealand Louis Johnson New Writers’ Bursary.
References
- "Deborah Daley: Location as Inspiration for 'Turning the Stones'". Writing.ie. 30 April 2014. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
- ^ "Debra Daley". Academy of New Zealand Literature. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
- "Debra Daley". Quercus Books. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
- Daley, Debra (2016). The Revelations of Carey Ravine. Heron Book. ISBN 9781782069935.
- Debra Daley, Debra (2014). Turning the Stones. Heron Press. ISBN 9781782069898.
- Daley, Debra (1996). The Strange Letter Z. Heron Press. ISBN 9780140254099.
- "Debra Daley". Historical Writers. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
- "Lilian Ida Smith Award Recipients" (PDF). New Zealand Society of Authors & Writers Association. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
- "Grimshaw Sargeson Fellowship". Grimshaw Sargeson. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
- "Creative New Zealand Grants 2005-2006" (PDF). Creative New Zealand. Retrieved 30 November 2017.