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Deborah Lisson Deborah Lisson i(A55973 works by) (a.k.a. Deborah Anne Lisson)
Born: Established: 1941 Croydon, Surrey,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe, ;
Gender: Female
Arrived in Australia: 1962
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1 Untitled Deborah Lisson , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Journal of Irish Studies , vol. 1 no. 2001; (p. 195-196)
— Review of Brigid Jill Blee , 1999 single work novel
1 y separately published work icon Truth Seeker Deborah Lisson , Dublin : O'Brien Press , 2001 Z1220484 2001 single work novel adventure young adult
1 1 y separately published work icon The Yankee Whaler : The Diary of Thomas Morris, Bunbury W.A., 1876 Diary of Thomas Morris; Diary of Thomas Morris, Bunbury WA, 1876 Deborah Lisson , Lindfield : Scholastic Press Scholastic Press , 2001 Z950281 2001 single work children's fiction children's historical fiction

'Thomas dreams of escaping his bleak life in a small town and becoming a world-famous journalist. Guided by his adventurous spirit and insatiable curiosity, he smuggles himself aboard an American whaling ship, and finds himself caught up in one of the most daring escape plans in Australian history. ' (Publication summary)
1 3 y separately published work icon From Two Islands: Stories from Ireland and Australia Kim Scott , Deborah Lisson , Elaine Forrestal , David Caddy , Warren Flynn , Emer Ryan , Clive Newman , Fremantle Dublin : Fremantle Press Wolfhound Press , 2000 Z844886 2000 anthology children's fiction children's
1 Letting Go i "They say "It will pass." What they don't understand", Deborah Lisson , 1998 single work poetry
— Appears in: Sudden Alchemy : Selected Australian Poetry 1998; (p. 126-127)
1 4 y separately published work icon Red Hugh Deborah Lisson , Port Melbourne : Lothian , 1998 Z844206 1998 single work novel historical fiction young adult adventure Historical adventure novel of the teenaged Hugh Roe O'Donnell, son of the rulers of Donegal, who in 1587 is seized by the English and imprisoned in Dublin Castle for four years before escaping to join in the struggle to rid Ireland of English rule.
1 5 y separately published work icon A Place of Safety Deborah Lisson , Dingley : Reed for Kids , 1996 Z844209 1996 single work novel young adult
1 5 y separately published work icon The Warrigal Deborah Lisson , Montville : Walter McVitty Books , 1992 Z844203 1992 single work children's fiction children's
1 7 y separately published work icon The Devil's Own Deborah Lisson , Glebe : Walter McVitty Books , 1990 Z844200 1990 single work novel young adult historical fiction When fifteen-year-old Julianna leaves her father's yacht to explore an island off the coast of Western Australia, she becomes part of a three-hundred-year-old mystery of shipwreck, mutiny and murder. A novel set around the Batavia's 1629 shipwreck, and the subsequent mutiny and murder on the Abrolhos Islands.
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