Deborah Abela
Deborah Abela Dip Teach, BA (Comm)
Children’s Author, Teacher, Speaker, workshop leader
Deborah trained as a teacher and completed a BA (Comm) UTS, before becoming writer/producer of a national children’s TV show on Network TEN. She left after seven years and has since written 30 award-winning, internationally published book. They include the Max Remy Superspy series and her best-selling, climate change trilogy, Grimsdon, New City and Final Storm. The Stupendously Spectacular Spelling Bee and The Most Marvellous Spelling Bee Mystery were inspired by Deb’s stupendous grade 4 teacher. Her latest picture books are the CBCA Notable, Bear in Space and No More Room in the Bed. Her CBCA notable novel, The Book of Wondrous Possibilities, is about how books can save us when we feel lost and her latest novel is The Kindness Project, where four kids try to change the world with a school project.
Deb’s presentations are informative, interactive and fun. She has spoken to tens of thousands of children, their teachers and librarians since 2002 at international schools, conferences and festivals across Australia. She loves leading talks and workshops for the reluctant writer to the gifted and talented. Deb’s won awards for her books but mostly hopes to be as brave as her characters.