Deb Wain holds in PhD Creative Writing from Deakin University. Her research interests include women, food, and culture, which she investigates mostly through writing short fiction and sometimes through poetry.

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Her work – which has appeared in ACE II: Arresting, Contemporary stories by Emerging writers and Landlines: anthology of regional poets, as well as Colloquy, Verandah, Tincture, Verity La and Meniscus – is often inspired by the Australian communities in which she has lived. Deb has also exhibited poetry and short fiction in the Co-lab exhibitions as part of the Bendigo Writers Festival and her pieces have been performed as part of the Quart Short Literary Salons in Adelaide.

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Deb is an office-bearing member of the Australasian Association of Writing Programs and she teaches creative writing to tertiary students. Deb currently lives, and writes, on acreage on Taungurung country.