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Gabrielle Carey
Born(1959-01-10)10 January 1959
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
DiedMay 2023(2023-05-00) (aged 64)
EducationUniversity of Sydney
OccupationWriter
Known forNovelist, journalist

Gabrielle Carey (10 January 1959 – May 2023) was 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 written by teenagers. Carey became a senior lecturer in the Creative Writing program at the University of Technology Sydney, studying James Joyce and Randolph Stow.

Career

Carey was born in Sydney, New South Wales, and was raised in an atheist, humanist household. Her father was Alex Carey.

Carey met Kathy Lette at the age of 12 while still at school and they became best friends. Both 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 the lives of young male surfers in Sydney and their girlfriends. The novel shocked many people by its graphic description of teenage behaviour. Carey and Lette also wrote a column for the Sun Herald, under the name "The Salami Sisters".

Once the book was published Carey and Lette separated and their lives moved in different directions. In 1981, Bruce Beresford directed a film adaptation of the novel.

A telefilm version of Carey's autobiographical book, Just Us, an account of her relationship with Parramatta Gaol prisoner, Terry Haley, was made in 1986. It was directed by Gordon Glenn from a screenplay by Ted Roberts.

While in Ireland in the mid-1980s, she converted to the Catholic faith, becoming convinced of the importance of spirituality in everyday life. After a year in Ireland she left and for several years lived in a small village in Mexico, returning to Australia in the early 1990s.

Her 2020 book, Only Happiness Here, was shortlisted for the 2021 Nib Literary Award.

Carey had a daughter and a son. She lived in Sydney and was a freelance writer, writing occasional articles for The Sydney Morning Herald and other newspapers. At her death after a brief period of illness, which was announced on 4 May 2023, she was working as a lecturer in writing at the University of Technology, Sydney.

Bibliography

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Novels

Autobiography and memoir

Other non-fiction

Critical studies and reviews of Carey's work

Only Happiness Here
  • Roemhild, Juliane (January–February 2021). "Writing Happiness: A Lively Look at Elizabeth von Arnim". Australian Book Review. 428: 50.

References

  1. ‘Beyond saddened’: Puberty Blues author Gabrielle Carey dead at 64. News.com.au. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  2. Gabrielle Carey at IMDb
  3. "Gabrielle Carey". University of Technology Sydney. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  4. "The Big Chill". Australian Story (transcript). ABC. Retrieved 15 September 2007.
  5. "Nib Literary Award 2021 shortlist announced". Books+Publishing. 27 September 2021. Retrieved 29 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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