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Debra Anderson

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Debra Anderson

Profile

Gender
Female
Nationality
Canadian
Languages
English
Residence History
Toronto

Career

Occupations
Writer, Playwright
Active Years
2000-2025
Affiliations
Get Your Lit Out

Education

York University
creative writing program
Country: Canada

Awards

Dayne Ogilvie Prize
2009
Category: emerging LGBT writer
Organization: Writers' Trust of Canada
Result: winner
George Ryga Award
Organization: York University
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Code White

2005 novel

Withholding

play

Don't Touch Me

1998 short animated film

Bibliography

  • Code White (2005)
  • Withholding
  • Bent on Writing: Contemporary Queer Tales (2002, anthology contribution)
  • Brazen Femme: Queering Femininity (2002, anthology contribution)
  • Geeks, Misfits and Outlaws (2003, anthology contribution)
  • Persistence: All Ways Butch and Femme (2011, anthology contribution)

Legacy

Canadian LGBTQ+ writer recognized for winning the 2009 Dayne Ogilvie Prize as an emerging LGBT writer.

Trivia

  • Organizer of Get Your Lit Out, a reading series in Toronto that promotes local women writers.