Draft:Debora Harding (Writer)
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Comment: The core standard for authors is here: WP:NAUTHOR, the short version is "two books, two decent independent reviews for both books". So I don't think we are there here. In addition the sourcing has to be to the review rather than some publisher PR piece. The PW review is OK for this, but we need more. Alternatively you can look at an article just for the book, under WP:NBOOK, which may be easier on one level, but won't be an article on the writer. ChrysGalley (talk) 17:05, 6 February 2026 (UTC)
Debora Harding is an author and journalist whose work has appeared in The Guardian,[1] The Daily Mail,[2] and Unbound.[3] Her memoir Dancing with the Octopus: A Memoir of a Crime (2020), published by Bloomsbury Publishing in the US and Profile Books in the UK,[4][5] explores trauma, PTSD, and restorative justice. The book received a starred review from Publishers Weekly,[6] was shortlisted for the Crime Writers' Association Dagger for Non-Fiction,[7] and was selected as the 2024 One Book One Nebraska by the Nebraska Center for the Book.[8] She is an American and British citizen.
==References==
- ^ Harding, Debora (11 February 2017). "The lost letter that nearly wrecked our relationship". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 January 2026.
- ^ Harding, Debora (18 May 2013). "Riding my bike, climbing trees, raiding the biscuit jar". Daily Mail. Retrieved 27 January 2026.
- ^ "The Gallery". Unbound. 12 March 2020. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2026.
- ^ "Interview: Debora Harding, Author of 'Dancing with the Octopus: A Memoir of a Crime'". Hippocampus Magazine. September 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2026.
- ^ "Dancing with the Octopus". Profile Books. Retrieved 27 January 2026.
- ^ "Dancing with the Octopus". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 27 January 2026.
- ^ "Dancing with the Octopus". Crime Writers' Association. Retrieved 27 January 2026.
- ^ "Dancing with the Octopus, A Memoir by Debora Harding, as 2024 One Book One Nebraska". Nebraska Center for the Book. 16 October 2023. Retrieved 27 January 2026.