Deborah Forster
Deborah Foster grew up in Footscray, Melbourne. She worked as a staff and freelance journalist for many years and was a This Life columnist on The Age and The Sunday Age. Deborah Foster is married to Alan Kohler and they have three children. The Book Of Emmett, her first novel, received the Dobbie Prize and was shortlisted for the Prime Minister's Literature Prize and the Miles Franklin Award.
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The best things in life – wine, clothes and books never go out of fashion and continue to be loved and useful. One of the joys of working on the Vintage imprint is the venerable history we have to call upon and be inspired by. Over the fifteen years Vintage Australia has been around it has provided a home for wonderful new authors such as Deborah Forster and authors we have long-loved like David Malouf. Have...
J.M. Coetzee's SUMMERTIME, Deborah Forster's THE BOOK OF EMMETT and David Malouf's RANSOM have been shortlisted in the fiction category and Bill Condon’s CONFESSIONS OF A LIAR, THIEF AND FAILED SEX GOD has been shortlisted for the young-adult fiction category. The Prime Minister's Literary Awards celebrate the contribution of Australian literature to the nation's cultural and intellectual life....
Books by Deborah Forster
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The Meaning Of Grace
by Deborah ForsterThe new novel from the Miles Franklin shortlisted author of the much-loved The Book of Emmett.
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The Book Of Emmett
by Deborah ForsterShortlisted for the 2010 Miles Franklin Award and the 2010 Prime Minister’s Literary Award. Winner of the Dobbie Prize.
