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Deborah Forster
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Deborah Forster

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Deborah Forster 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. Her novels include the Miles Franklin shortlisted The Book of Emmett and The Meaning of Grace, shortlisted for the Age Fiction Book of the Year,

Books by Deborah Forster

The Meaning Of Grace

The new novel from the Miles Franklin shortlisted author of the much-loved The Book of Emmett. Shortlisted for The Age Fiction prize and the Colin Roderick Prize

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The Book Of Emmett

Shortlisted for the 2010 Miles Franklin Award and the 2010 Prime Minister’s Literary Award, the Age Fiction Book of the Year. Winner of the Dobbie Prize.

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