Deborah Abela is visiting Canberra

Order her books from this page for her school visits.

Books will be delivered to school free at or soon after the visit. Use 'Author / School Visit' for the shipping option.

If time permits she will sign copies of books - set out your your student's name, their class and school in the order notes.

After completing a teaching degree, Deb went to Africa where she was caught in a desert sandstorm, harassed by monkeys and thrown in jail twice. She became the producer/writer of a national kids’ TV show before leaving to write 30 internationally published and awarded books. 

Deb’s crankiness about climate change led to the best-selling novels, Grimsdon, New City and Final Storm. Her picture books are Wolfie: An Unlikely Hero and the CBCA Notable, Bear in Space. The Book of Wondrous Possibilities is her love-letter to booksellers, books and librarians and how they save us when we feel lost.

Her latest book is The Kindness Project, a verse novel about how even the smallest acts of kindness can change the world. Deb’s won lots of awards for her books but mostly hopes to be as brave as her characters.