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Debbie Robson

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Born

in Sydney, Australia

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lakelady2282

Genre

Historical Fiction, Literature & Fiction, Mystery

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I was born in the Mater Hospital in Sydney and grew up on the Northern Beaches. I now live in Lake Macquarie. As a writer and reader I am fascinated by the first 60 years of the last century and very excited that my novella, The Hermitage, set in 1937 has been published in 2023.
My poems, micro, flash and stories have been published internationally, online and in print. Tomaree, my first novel, is a WWII love story and my second novel is Crossing Paths: the Bookcrossing Novel, inspired by the website of the same name. I am currently working on my trilogy entitled Paris Next Week, set in Sydney and Paris during the 1920s. I also write about an angel who drives a taxi cab in Sydney.
I blog on writing and researching historical fiction at debbi ...more

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Average rating: 3.91 · 98 ratings · 61 reviews · 13 distinct works • Similar authors

	Crossing Paths 3.11 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tomaree really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2008	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Hermitage by Debbie Robson (Goodreads Author), Alien Buddha (Contributor) 4.50 avg rating — 10 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Skive Magazine - Real Dreams Issue - June 2012 by Matthew Glenn Ward (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Linda (L.M.) Visman (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Debbie Robson (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Skive Magazine - Farewell - November 2013 by Matthew Glenn Ward (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Alice Lowe, Allen Kopp it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Skive Magazine - Erotica Issue, Dec 2012 by Matthew Glenn Ward (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Karen Bayly (Goodreads Author), Marie-Claude Bourjon it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	No Printer Zone - Issue 1 - November 2011 by Matthew Glenn Ward (Goodreads Author) (editor), Steve Dodds (contributor), Linda (L.M.) Visman (Goodreads Author) (contributor) 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Glimpse it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Women of Words Eat, Stray'd, Love by Janette Hoppe (Editor), Magdalena Ball (Goodreads Author), Lisa Callister it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lothlorien Poetry Journal Voume 8: Echoes Dancing with Shadows by Strider Marcus Jones (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Debbie Robson (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The act of researching - time, place and memory

This is a repost from wordpress without the beautiful photo of an old house near Chateau Chalon.
About two years ago I bought a photographic print by Maureen Boyle. She had quite a lot of prints on display – small and large of photographs she had taken in France and I was taking my time choosing. After all, I was aware that I might be selecting an image for a scene or scenes of a manuscript not yet Read more of this blog post »

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Published on August 07, 2017 02:44 • Tags: 1920s, chateau, memory, place, researching, time

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The Mysterious Mr. Quin (a Harley Quin Short-Story Omnibus)

by Agatha Christie

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Midsummer Mysteries: Tales from the Queen of Mystery

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The Ministry of Time

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Debbie Robson and 5 other people liked Philip's review of Time and Time Again: "This was Hilton's final novel, and I found it to be a very reflective one, touching as it does on things from previous novels - The protagonist's name is "Charles" (as it was in RANDOM HARVEST) A dentist named "Mallinson" is mentioned - "Mallinson" was" Read more of this review »
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Debbie’s Quotes

“Writing is like sex. First you do it for love, then you do it for your friends, and then you do it for money.”
― Virginia Woolf

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“Surely only boring people went in for conversations consisting of questions and answers. The art of true conversation consisted in the play of minds.”
― Ved Mehta, All for Love

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“So many books, so little time.”
― Frank Zappa

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“Tomorrow is the end of the world and I am just wandering around and thinking only of happiness….”
― Alexandar Tomov, Unexpected Tales from the Ends of the Earth

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“Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.”
― Daphne Du Maurier, Rebecca

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