Debra Oswald | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1959 |
| Occupation | Writer of novels, plays and TV drama |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Years active | 1983- |
| Notable works | Offspring (TV series), Stories in the Dark (play) and The Family Doctor (novel) |
| Notable awards | NSW Premier's Literary Award in 2008 and 2011. 2014 AACTA for best TV screenplay. |
Debra Oswald (born 1959) is an Australian writer for film, television, stage, radio, fiction and children's fiction.[1]
In 2008 her Stories in the Dark won Best Play in the NSW Premier's Literary Awards. She created and was head writer of the Channel 10 drama series Offspring, now on Netflix, for which she won the 2011 NSW Premier's Literary Award and the 2014 AACTA Award for best TV screenplay. Her novel Useful was released in 2015, followed by her novel The Whole Bright Year in 2018, both published by Penguin Random House. Her novel The Family Doctor was published by Allen and Unwin in March 2021. Oswald performed her one-woman stage show, Is There Something Wrong With That Lady, at Sydney's Griffin Theatre in April 2021, with a return season at Sydney's Ensemble Theatre in 2023. Her novel One Hundred Years of Betty will be published by Allen and Unwin in March 2025.
- ^ "Austlit — Debra Oswald". Austlit. Retrieved 24 April 2024.