Deborah Shepard
Deborah Shepard is an Auckland biographer, oral historian and teacher of all forms of life writing. Three of her books Reframing Women, Her Life’s Work and The Writing Life were based on oral history interviews. She was consultant biographer at Mercy Hospice Auckland 2006-2015. Read more at: www.deborahshepardbooks.com
PhD Film, Television and Media Studies, University of Auckland.
Experience: Film, TV and Media Studies department University of Auckland 1995-2003, Public Programmes University of Auckland 2006-2020, Masterclasses Michael King Writers’ Centre 2013-2015, Devonport Library 2020 2023, various classes and workshops throughout New Zealand.
