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• Name: Deborah Abela
• Website / social media channels:
www.deborahabela.com/
Facebook: Deborah Abela Author http://www.facebook.com/deborah.abela.9
Twitter: @DeborahAbela https://twitter.com/DeborahAbela
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deborahabela/
Instagram: deborah_abela_ https://www.instagram.com/deborah_abela_/
Teachers’ Resources: https://www.deborahabela.com/teacher-notes
Videos and trailers: https://www.deborahabela.com/videos
- Biography
Deborah Abela Dip Teach, BA (Comm)
Children’s Author
After completing a teaching degree, Deb went to Africa where she was caught in a desert sandstorm, harassed by monkeys and thrown in jail…twice! She produced and wrote a national kids’ TV show before leaving to write 27 internationally published and awarded books for children, including the Max Remy Superspy and Jasper Zammit (Soccer Legend) series. Her crankiness about climate change led to the novels, Grimsdon, New City and Final Storm. Teresa A New Australian was inspired by her dad, who, with a million other refugees, migrated to Australia after surviving WW2. The Stupendously Spectacular Spelling Bee and The Most Marvellous Spelling Bee Mystery, have been published to great acclaim here and in the US. Her picture book, Wolfie, An Unlikely Hero was chosen by Dolly Parton to be part of her Imagination Library and her latest picture book, Bear in Space, is about difference, diversity and friendship. She is a proud ambassador for the Premier’s Reading Challenge, Room to Read and Books in Homes. Deb’s won awards for her books, including a USA IBBY Outstanding International Award and the Maurice Saxby Award for services to Children's Literature but she mostly hopes to be as brave as her characters.
• Audience: Picture books for younger readers and novels for ages 7-13
• Genre / Subject areas: action/adventure, family stories, historical fiction
• Content types: Author talks, workshops, storytimes, Q&A, book clubs
• Format / platform: live presentations, online webinars, zoom, skype from a home studio
• Link to any specific promotional material regarding online appearances: http://www.deborahabela.com,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=up5I7OfVuaI
• Contact email – deb@deborahabela.com
