Debra Williams (Debra Clewer-author), is an Australian writer of both adult and children's fiction. She worked in a wide range of settings with children over a 30+ year period. Her adult short stories have been published on the U.S. Reedsy blog site and the former ABC: Open site. Debra has a Middle-Grade trilogy, The Harriet Series published. She has also had 3 short stories published in the Australian anthology Enchanted/Things That Go Bump (a flip book), and another short story in the Dear Jesus diaries, published in November 2021. Debra currently has 2 Chapter Book titles. The first, Ah-Fur, Super Sleuth-The Case of the Missing Moggies, was published in August 2022.
The second-The Groovee Granniez Super Snooper Squad-The Missing Ingredient Mystery, has been completed and now awaits future direction.
Two more short stories are in the wings: a Middle-Grade story written in 2019 will be included in an upcoming anthology. A YA fantasy/folk/fairy tale is in progress for another anthology.
A Goodreads author and reader, Debra is passionate about encouraging and enthusing children with their reading and imagination. Smithton in far North-West Tasmania is where Debra calls home with her husband and a collection of story-telling puppets, manufactured by her.
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Debra Williams (Debra Clewer, author) resides in far North-West Tasmania, Australia.
Debra has 3 Middle-Grade time-slip historical fiction novels independently published (The Harriet Series), along with several children’s stories published in anthologies and short YA & adult stories published online.
In 2021, Debra was longlisted in the Just Write For Kids Australia Pitch It! competition.
In 2022, Debra released her junior fiction book, Ah-Fur, Super Sleuth: The Case of the Missing Moggies.
In 2023 she was shortlisted in the Just Write For Kids Pitch It! competition.
In 2024 she was both longlisted and shortlisted in the same competition.
2025 has seen the re-release of the first Harriet novel.
Debra is part of a team of children’s book reviewers for the online Buzz Words Magazine,
is an active member of an online critique group and has completed courses
through the Australian Writer’s Centre.
Along with reading and writing, she enjoys painting (the artistic type), craft and sewing.
Debra’s relief in becoming too serious is in creating custom-made puppets, particularly for other authors.
Debra’s goal is to engage children’s and adults’ imaginations and encourage them
with their writing, reading ability and creativity.
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Debra can also be found at: https://www.clewerpuppets.com
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