Deb Fitzpatrick Deb Fitzpatrick i(A1988 works by) (a.k.a. Deborah Fitzpatrick)
Gender: Female
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BiographyHistory

Fremantle-based author of children's and young adult fiction. She holds a Master of Arts (creative writing) from UWA, and has taught creative writing, professional writing, and editing.

Most Referenced Works

Personal Awards

2020 recipient Australia Council Grants, Awards and Fellowships — Literature Arts Projects for Individuals and Groups     $26,669 
2020 recipient May Gibbs Children's Literature Trust Fellowship
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Awards for Works

y separately published work icon The Amazing Spencer Gray North Fremantle : Fremantle Press , 2013 Z1910175 2013 single work children's fiction children's

'Spencer Gray is twelve – finally old enough to join Dad in his glider. His mates are going to be so jealous! Going up is awesome – but when disaster strikes, Spencer will need to be nothing short of amazing.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
2016 shortlisted West Australian Young Readers' Book Award — Younger Readers
y separately published work icon Have You Seen Ally Queen? North Fremantle : Fremantle Press , 2011 Z1807035 2011 single work novel young adult 'Ally Queen, aged fifteen, is the new kid in a very small town. Uprooted from her comfortable city life and dumped in "hicksville" she's trying to find her place amongst the bogans, the surfies and the spinach-munching hippies.

'Life is tough when your closest friend is miles away and deep and meaningful conversations are restricted to the length of a text message. And Ally needs a friend. Her mum is suffering post-traumatic stress disorder and the quiet country life, which was meant to help things, just seems to make them worse.

'When she meets Rel the annoying boy next door, it seems she's hit rock bottom. But first impressions can be deceptive and, as Ally learns to relax, she discovers that life needn't be as hard as she makes it.' (From the publisher's website.)
2016 shortlisted West Australian Young Readers' Book Award — Older Readers
2012 CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Notable Book — Older Readers
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