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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Meet Debra.
Debra Williams resides in far North-West Tasmania. She is a team member of children’s book reviewers for BuzzWords Magazine.
Debra has three Middle-Grade and one Junior fiction novel independently published. Along with several children’s stories published in anthologies, Debra also has short adult stories published in anthologies and on the UK-based Reedsy site.
In 2021, Debra was longlisted in the Just Write For Kids Australia Pitch It! competition. In 2023, she was shortlisted in the Just Write For Kids Pitch It! competition. In 2024, she was both long and shortlisted in the same competition.
Debra also received a Highly Commended short story award in October 2025 from the Society of Women Writers Tasmania.
Along with writing, Debra enjoys painting (the artistic type), crafts and sewing. Debra’s relief in becoming too serious is in creating custom-made puppets, particularly for other authors.
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