Deborah Ellis
Deborah Ellis (born August 7, 1960 in Cochrane , Ontario ) is a Canadian author and psychotherapist based in Toronto .
Career
She started writing children's books when she was eleven or twelve . In 1999 she spent many months in Afghan refugee camps in Pakistan . There she interviewed refugees and used this information for her book The Sun on the Face , which was published in 2001.
Works in German translation
- 2001: The sun on your face ; Jungbrunnen publishing house .
- 2003: Alone to Mazar-e Sharif
- 2003: Fear in the Heart - An Escape from Afghanistan
- 2004: It will be cool by the sea
- 2006: The Radio Girl; Jungbrunnen publishing house
- 2008: If I had one wish ... children from Israel and Palestine tell. Non-fiction. Translated by Birgit Schmitz. Campus Verlag, Frankfurt 2008 ( Three Wishes, Palestinian and Israeli Children Speak. Groundwood Books, 2004)
- 2009: a matter of opinion. Jungbrunnen publishing house
- 2011: roses, tulips, carnations, all flowers wither. Translated by Franka Reinhart. Random House cbj, 2013 ( True Blue Pajama Press, 2011)
- 2014: My name is Parvana. Jungbrunnen publishing house
Web links
- Literature by and about Deborah Ellis in the catalog of the German National Library
- Deborah Ellis in The Canadian Encyclopedia (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ellis, Deborah |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 7, 1960 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cochrane Ontario |