Debra Adelaide

Dr Debra Adelaide is the author or editor of eighteen books, including fiction, non-fiction, and reference works. Her 2008 novel, The Household Guide to Dying, was published to acclaim in Australia and around the world and was short- and long-listed for several literary awards, including the International Orange Prize (now the Women’s Prize) for Fiction. Her most recent books include Zebra, which won the short story category in the 2019 Queensland Literary Awards, and The Innocent Reader: Reflections on Reading and Writing. She taught creative writing for twenty years and is now an Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Technology Sydney. She lives and writes on Bidjigal Country in Sydney’s inner west.