Debra Anderson

An award-winning writer, playwright and filmmaker, Debra Anderson is a recipient of the prestigious George Ryga Award for Playwriting and a graduate of the York University Creative Writing Program.

A regular on the Toronto reading scene for most of the last decade, Debra’s writing has been anthologized in Geeks, Misfits and Outlaws (McGilligan, 2003), Bent: On Writing (Women’s Press, 2002) and the Lambda-nominated Brazen Femme: Queering Femininity (Arsenal, 2002). Literary journal credits include Fireweed, Xtra, The Church-Wellesley Review, Tessera, periwinkle, Zygote, Acta Victorianna, Hook & Ladder, and dig as well as the now defunct Siren, and Queers On-Line. She has performed at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, the Red Spot and at numerous benefits in the Toronto queer community.

Debra Anderson’s animated short film Don’t Touch Me, premiered at the 1998 Inside/Out Film Festival and has screened internationally at independent film festivals. Her play withholding was workshopped at Buddies in Bad Time Theatre in the Ante-Chamber Workshop Series.

Debra Anderson currently resides in Toronto, where she was born and raised. Code White is her first novel.

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