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'''Deborah Joy Corey''' (born 1958 in [[Temperance Vale, New Brunswick]]) is a Canadian writer whose [[debut novel|first novel]], ''[[Losing Eddie]]'' won the 1994 [[Books in Canada First Novel Award]].

The author of numerous articles and stories, Corey's writings have been published in such literary journals as ''[[Ploughshares]]'', ''Carolina Quarterly'', ''Crescent Review,'' ''Image'', and ''Grain''.  Born and raised in [[Temperance Vale, New Brunswick|Temperance Vale]], [[New Brunswick]], Corey now lives with her husband and two daughters, in a small coastal village in [[Maine]], a site she used as a model for the setting for her latest novel, ''The Skating Pond'' (2003).