Dr. Deborah Campbell

Biography

Deborah Campbell's writing has been published in seven languages across eleven countries. Her latest book, *Disappearance in Damascus*, won the Writers’ Trust Hilary Weston Prize and the Hubert Evans BC Book Prize, and was selected as a New York Editors' Choice. The screen rights for her book were optioned by filmmaker Terry George, known for *Hotel Rwanda*. She grew up in Canada and pursued her undergraduate studies in French Literature in Paris and Middle Eastern Studies at Tel Aviv University, studying political science and history at Simon Fraser University while completing her BFA and MFA at UBC. Campbell has worked in various parts of the world, including Iran, Syria, Egypt, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Mexico, Cuba, and Russia, immersing herself in cultures of conflict. Her work has appeared in prestigious publications such as Harper’s, The New Yorker, The Economist, The Guardian, New Scientist, and Foreign Policy, and she served as an associate editor for Adbusters for five years. Campbell's radio essays have been broadcast on CBC and NPR. She is a winner of the National Magazine Awards and the Dave Greber Award for social justice writing, and in 2017, she received the Freedom to Read Award from the Writers' Union of Canada for her body of work. She has lectured at institutions such as Harvard, Berkeley, and Zayed University in Dubai, and participated in the International Journalism Festival in Italy and the National Press Club in Washington. In addition, she has taught creative nonfiction and literary journalism at UBC, where she is a member of the Department of Writing.

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