Deborah J. Swiss
Biography
Deborah J. Swiss
Deborah Swiss is the author of The Tin Ticket: The Heroic Journey of Australia's Convict Women, and several other non-fiction books. Visit her online at: www.deborahswiss.com. Her latest project started with a chance meeting in a post office in Launceston, Tasmania in 2004. Tasmanian artist Christina Henri, whose work honors the female transports, happened to be in the same line and began to tell a story that led to six and a half years of research. The Tin Ticket explores the forgotten history of 25,000 women who were transported as “tamers and breeders” to Australian colonies in the early nineteenth century. It’s a story about the triumph of the human spirit told through the lives of three remarkable survivors. The book trailer features interviews with convict descendants and an original song written to honor their ancestors: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpVP6wIKgGc.
Deborah J. Swiss
