When she grew older, she bought a backpack, a plane ticket and went on them for real. After 3 years she came home, completed a Bachelor of Communications at UTS, worked in children's TV for seven years before leaving to write novels about a small girl who goes on lots of adventures all over the world.

Deb has written ten Max Remy Superspy books about a young girl and her best friend who take on the wold as elite spies. She's also written three books with Johnny Warren called Jasper Zammit (Soccer Legend), a popular series that follows the trials and tribulations of a boy called Jasper who dreams of playing in the World Cup.

Her latest books are:

Grimsdon

A thrilling novel of adventure, courage and floods, inventions and flying machines.

View Grimsdon Trailer

The Remarkable Secret of Aurelie Bonhoffen

‘Building on the hugely successful ‘Max Remy’ series, Abela has created a rich world of intrigue and adventure. Told with the right balance of action and comedy, The Remarkable Secret of Aurelie Bonhoffen will delight Max Remy fans with this new strong heroine.’ Junior Bookseller and Publisher, Ben Beaton. March to May 2009.

The Remarkable Secret of Aurelie Bonhoffen has been shortlisted Best Children's Book Aurealis Awards, 2010 and also awarded a Children's Book Council Notable Book, 2010.

Max Remy Superspy (Series)
In Search of the Time and Space Machine
Spyforce Revealed
The Nightmare Vortex
The Hollywood Mission
The Amazon Experiment
Blue's Revenge
The Venice Job
Mission in Malta
The French Code
The Final Curtain

Jasper Zammit (Soccer Legend) (Series)
The Game of Life
The Striker
The Finals

What you can expect from a Deborah Abela visit.
'Deborah likes her sessions with students to be fun, informative and interactive. She tells stories that inspired her work, such as the time she was thrown in jail at gunpoint in Africa. She takes students through the process of creating an engaging story by asking them to come up with story alternatives to her work. Through story and word games, Deb stimulates their imaginations and encourages a love of reading and books.

Deborah also loves leading writing workshops. With her teacher trained background, she uses games to help kids create ideas for their stories and assists them in developing them further to include an enticing beginning, middle and satisfying end, keeping in mind the structure of the 3 Act Plot.

With her background as a television producer and writer, Deb is happy to show some excerpts from the children’s TV show she wrote and produced for 7 years at Network TEN. She explains the process of taking a small idea to scripting and editing stages.  

The aim of any session from Deborah is to leave the kids feeling enthused about stories, those on the library shelves and also the ones they have yet to write themselves.'

Links and Resources

Listen to Deb Speak

Jasper Zammit (Soccer Legend) Teachers notes

Aurelie trailer, teachers notes and audio book samples