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Asphyxia (author)

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Asphyxia
Born
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
OccupationAuthor, public speaker, artist
Period2012–present
Genre
Notable works
  • Future Girl
  • The Words in My Hands
  • The Grimstones
Children1
Website
asphyxia.com.au

Asphyxia is a Deaf Australian artist, writer, and public speaker.[1] She is the author of Future Girl (titled The Words in My Hands in North America), which won the Readings Prize for Young Adult Fiction in 2021.[2] The book was selected by The Guardian as one of the top 20 Australian books of 2020,[3] by Kirkus Reviews as one of the best young adult fiction titles of 2021,[4] and by the Children's Book Council of Australia as a notable book of 2021.[5]

Future Girl was shortlisted for several awards, including the Indie Book Awards (2021),[6] the Australian Book Industry Awards (2021),[7] and the Aurealis Awards (2020).[8] Orange Entertainment optioned the book for a TV adaptation.[9]

She was formerly a puppeteer.[10]

Life and career

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She was born in Melbourne, the second eldest of eight children, being nicknamed Asphyxia by one of her brothers when she was a teenager.[10] She attended a hearing school and did not learn Auslan until she was 18, as her parents were not satisfied with the standard of the education for the deaf.[10] When she was 12, she entered her first book into the St Kilda Writers Festival where it won first place.[citation needed]

As a child, she had dreams of being a ballet dancer, but the Australian Ballet School turned her down because of her deafness.[11][12] Instead, once she left school, she turned to circus, training with Circus Oz, specialising in trapeze and hula hoops.[13] She incorporated her deafness into her work; one of the ways she did this was by signing karaoke, which was a success with her audiences.[12]

After being a circus performer for ten years, Asphyxia discovered puppetry through Sergio Barrio, a master puppeteer, whom she met when touring with her show and begged to teach her his craft.[14] She then learned how to make her own puppets and sets. After some experimentation, she ended up with a gothic family of puppets which she named the Grimstones. She then left the circus to travel around Australia performing with her puppets.[14]

After a few years of touring, Asphyxia got a call from publishing company Allen & Unwin, who told her that they thought that the Grimstones would make for a good book. In February 2012 she published the first of four books in the series, Hatched. The next three in the series, Mortimer Revealed (April 2012), Whirlwind (December 2012), and Music School (December 2013) soon followed.[citation needed]

Future Girl, published in August 2020, won the 2021 Readings Prize for Young Adult Fiction.[2]

For 20 years, Asphyxia lived in a small cottage in inner city Melbourne which she built herself when she was 22,[15] with her partner and son.[citation needed] She now lives on a small farm in northern New South Wales.[16]

Her website contains resources she has created such as a free Auslan course[17] and a music course for Deaf people.[18]

Bibliography

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Novels

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  • Future Girl (2020)[19]
    • Published in the United States as The Words in My Hands (2021)[20]
The Grimstones series
  1. Hatched (2012)
  2. Mortimer Revealed (2012)
  3. Whirlwind (2012)
  4. Music School (2013)
  • The Grimstones Collection (2015)

Further reading

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  • Chandler, Benjamin (January–February 2021). "The End of the World: Three New Young Adult Novels". Australian Book Review. 428: 47–48.

References

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  1. ↑ "Future Girl - Asphyxia". Allen & Unwin. Retrieved 10 May 2026.
  2. 1 2 "'Future Girl' wins 2021 Readings YA book prize". Books+Publishing. 16 July 2021. Archived from the original on 16 July 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  3. ↑ Delaney, Brigid; Silcox, Beejay; Daley, Paul; Harmon, Steph; Convery, Stephanie; On, Thuy; Kavanagh, Bec; Williams, Michael; Wright, Fiona (16 December 2020). "Kate Grenville, Sofie Laguna, Julia Baird and others: the 20 best Australian books of 2020". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 10 May 2026.
  4. ↑ "Best of 2021". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 10 May 2026.
  5. ↑ "CBCA 2021 Notable Books announced". Books+Publishing. 24 February 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2026.
  6. ↑ "SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED FOR THE 2021 INDIE BOOK AWARDS". Indie Book Awards. 19 January 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2026.
  7. ↑ "ABIA 2021 Shortlist". ABIA. 11 April 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2026.
  8. ↑ "2020 Aurealis Awards Shortlist Announcement". Aurealis Awards. 31 March 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2026.
  9. ↑ Keast, Jackie (22 September 2021). "Orange Entertainment Co. options Asphyxia novel 'Future Girl', hires Diya Eid and Aven Yap". IF Magazine.
  10. 1 2 3 Best, Paul (23 August 2012). "Curtains for puppets, but plenty to say". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
  11. ↑ Dwyer, Michael (10 March 2005). "Blood Makes Noise". The Age. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
  12. 1 2 Scott-Norman, Fiona (14 September 2007). "Musical sign of the times". The Age. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
  13. ↑ L'Estrange, Sarah (13 October 2012). "Meet Deaf Performer and Puppeteer Asphyxia". ABC Radio National. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
  14. 1 2 Jeffery, Eve (30 July 2014). "Asphyxia pulls the strings of delight – The Echo". Echonetdaily. Byron Shire Echo. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
  15. ↑ Purcell, John (5 March 2013). "Asphyxia, author of The Grimstones Series, answers Ten Terrifying Questions". The Booktopian. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  16. ↑ "Asphyxia". Reading Australia. Retrieved 10 May 2026.
  17. ↑ "Learn Auslan Level 1". Asphyxia. 5 August 2020.
  18. ↑ "GarageBand Songwriting for Deaf and HoH". Asphyxia. 20 October 2020.
  19. ↑ "Future Girl by Asphyxia". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
  20. ↑ "The Words in My Hands". Annick Press.
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