Gabrielle Carey
Gabrielle Carey (born 10 January 1959) is an Australian writer noted for the teen novel Puberty Blues which she co-wrote with Kathy Lette. This novel was the first teenage novel published in Australia that was actually written by teenagers.[1]
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[edit] Life
Carey was born in Sydney, and was raised in an atheist, humanist household. While in Ireland in the mid-eighties she converted to the Catholic faith, becoming convinced of the importance of spirituality in everyday life. After a year in Ireland she left and lived for several years in a small village in Mexico, returning to Australia in the early 1990s.
Carey has a daughter, Brigid, and a son, Jimmy. She lives in Sydney and is a freelance writer, writing occasional articles for The Sydney Morning Herald and other newspapers. She currently works as a lecturer in writing at the University of Technology, Sydney.
[edit] Puberty Blues
Carey and Lette met as teenagers at the age of 12 while still at school and became best friends. Both girls left school early (Carey at 15 and Lette a year later) against the wishes of their families. Leaving home they shared a flat together and wrote Puberty Blues, which was based on real events. The novel shocked many people by its graphic description of teenage behaviour.
When the book was published Carey and Lette separated and their lives moved in different directions.[2] In 1981 a film version of the novel Puberty Blues was made, directed by Bruce Beresford.
A film version of Carey's autobiographical book, Just Us, an account of her relationship with Parramatta Gaol prisoner Terry Haley, was also made in 1986. It was directed by Gordon Glenn from a screenplay by Ted Roberts.
[edit] Publications
[edit] Novels
- Puberty Blues with Kathy Lette (McPhee Gribble, 1979) ISBN 0869140108
- The Borrowed Girl (Picador, 1994) ISBN 0330355988
[edit] Autobiography
- Just Us (Penguin Books, 1984) ISBN 0140074252
- In My Father's House (Pan Macmillan Publishers Australia, 1992) ISBN 0330272942
[edit] Personal Essays
- So Many Selves (ABC Books, 2006) ISBN 9780733319822
- Waiting Room (Scribe Publications, 2009) ISBN 9781921372629
[edit] Edited
- The Penguin Book of Death with Rosemary Sorensen (Penguin Books, 1997) ISBN 0140259384
[edit] References
- ^ "Filmography". IMDb. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0136952/. Retrieved 2007-09-15.
- ^ "The Big Chill". ABC: Australian Story transcripts. http://www.abc.net.au/austory/transcripts/s685468.htm. Retrieved 2007-09-15.
[edit] External links
- Gabrielle Carey official website
- The Big Chill. ABC: Australian Story Transcripts (Retrieved 15 September 2007)
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