DEBRA OSWALD is a playwright, novelist and screenwriter, and a two-time winner of the NSW Premier’s Literary Award. Her stage plays have been performed around the world, including Gary’s House, Sweet Road, Mr Bailey’s Minder and The Peach Season. Debra has also written four plays for young audiences – Dags, Skate, Stories in the Dark and House on Fire. Debra was the creator and head writer on the successful TV series Offspring. Her other television credits include episodes of Police Rescue, Sweet and Sour and Bananas in Pyjamas. Debra has published nine children’s books and four adult novels, including The Family Doctor and One Hundred Years of Betty. She performed her one-woman show Is There Something Wrong With That Lady? at Griffin Theatre in 2021 and the Ensemble in 2023.

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