2. Contributors
  3. Corey, Deborah Joy

Deborah Joy Corey
1958-

Deborah Joy Corey was born (1958) and raised in Temperance Vale, New Brunswick, the sixth of seven children. At 17 she moved to Toronto and pursued a modelling career, but returned to New Brunswick due to illness. Her first novel, Losing Eddie (1993) won the SmithBooks/Books in Canada First Novel Award in 1994. She has written a second novel, The Skating Pond (2003), many short stories, and has published articles in literary journals and magazines. She published Settling twice: lessons from then and now in 2017. She currently resides in Maine.

Source

Carvell, Pamela. "Deborah Joy Corey." New Brunswick Literary Encyclopedia, Winter 2008. Accessed 26 April 2023.

 

Predominant New Brunswick Residences:

Temperance Vale

Archival Material

  • Location
    University of New Brunswick Archives & Special Collections
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    Retrieval Number
    MG L 44
    Date Range of Material
    1990-1995, 1997-2000, 2004
    Extent

    47.5 cm textual records
    5 audio cassettes
    1 photograph

    Scope and Content Note

    Fonds consists of records relating to the creation and publishing of Losing Eddie, a work of fiction written by Deborah Joy Corey. Includes correspondence, a radio play and screenplay based on the book, newspaper clippings, book reviews and other publicity to promote the book. Includes the actual edited manuscripts and proofs of Losing Eddie. Also contains essays and exam responses for a course that used Losing Eddie as reading material.

Deborah Joy Corey

Deborah Joy Corey

Credit

"Deborah Joy Corey." Workman Publishing via New Brunswick Literary Encyclopedia. Accessed 26 April 2023.

See the New Brunswick Literary Encyclopedia entry.

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Bibliography Items

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Corey, Deborah Joy. Losing Eddie. Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1993, 222 pp. [ book ]
Collection(s): NB Authors' Archival Papers project

Corey, Deborah Joy. The skating pond. Toronto, ON: Vintage Canada, 2004, 246 pp. [ book ]
Collection(s): NB Authors' Archival Papers project

Corey, Deborah Joy. Settling twice : lessons from then and now. Yarmouth, ME: Islandport Press, 2017, 222 pp. [ book ]
Collection(s): NB Authors' Archival Papers project