Deborah Robertson
{{short description|Australian writer (born 1959)}}
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| birth_date = 1959
| birth_place = Bridgetown, Western Australia
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| language = English
| nationality = Australian
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| notableworks = Careless
| awards = Nita Kibble Literary Award, 2007
| years_active = 1990-
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Deborah Robertson (1959){{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Deborah Robertson|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A10972|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506093703/https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A10972 |archive-date=6 May 2021 |access-date=2020-09-19|website=AustLit: Discover Australian Stories|language=en}} is an Australian writer. She was born in Bridgetown, Western Australia, and lives in Melbourne.
Awards
- International Dublin Literary Award, 2008: longlisted for Careless{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Deborah Robertson: Awards|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A10972?mainTabTemplate=agentAwards|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-09-19|website=Aust Lit}}
- Nita Kibble Literary Award, 2007: winner for Careless{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Kibble Literary Awards|url=https://www.perpetual.com.au/~/media/perpetual/pdf/resources/2018-winner-shortlist-flyer.ashx?la=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190314222814/https://www.perpetual.com.au/~/media/perpetual/pdf/resources/2018-winner-shortlist-flyer.ashx?la=en |archive-date=14 March 2019 |access-date=2020-09-19|website=Perpetual Limited}}
- 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{{cite web|title=Awards|url=http://www.jcu.edu.au/sass/humanities/fals/JCUPRD_036167.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091027131335/http://www.jcu.edu.au/sass/humanities/fals/JCUPRD_036167.html|archive-date=2009-10-27|accessdate=2008-12-03|publisher=James Cook University}}
- 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, Picador)
- Sweet Old World (2012, Vintage)
=Short stories=
- Proudflesh (1997, Fremantle Arts Centre Press)
References
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Category:21st-century Australian novelists
Category:Australian women short story writers
Category:Australian women novelists
Category:People from Bridgetown, Western Australia
Category:21st-century Australian women writers
Category:21st-century Australian short story writers
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