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I N T H E N E W S A very personal story STAFFORDSHIRE AUTHOR DEBBI VOISEY HAS BEEN WRITING SINCE SHE WAS A LITTLE GIRL BUT HAS JUST ACCEPTED HER FIRST BOOK DEAL IN HER 50S. SHE TELLS JENNY AMPHLETT ABOUT HER DEBUT NOVELLA, ONLY ABOUT LOVE STAFFORDSHIRE AUTHOR DEBBI VOISEY The debut novel by Staffordshire author Debbi Voisey reads like the work of someone who has spent decades honing their craft - because that’s precisely what it is. Born and bred in Stoke-on-Trent, Debbi spends her working days crafting newsletters and bulletins for DHL and then every spare moment she can find working on her own creative writing. That dedication has seen her longlisted and shortlisted in the likes of Bath Short Story Award, Flash 500 and Reflex Fiction. She’s a past winner of Staffordshire University’s Too Write creative writing competition, where her prize was presented by former Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy. Her first book, Only About Love, was published last month. Unlike many debut works, the novella-inflash is not self-published but rather is published by Oxford-based Fairlight Moderns. Although a work of fiction, the book is based on some of Debbi’s own experiences including watching the decline of her own dad to Alzheimer’s. “The character Frank is definitely based on my dad and a lot of the things in there are true,” said Debbi. “My mum doesn’t mind that certain things are being exposed. “It’s based on his life but the family in the book is entirely fictional. I talk about him having an affair but I don’t know the details so a lot of things I 40 www.jaimemagazine.com
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