of her partner, the English economist Robert Theobald, in 1999 and draws on her emotions and feelings. Deveson was made a Member of the Order of Australia in 1983 for services to the media and an Officer of the Order of Australia in 1993 for her work in community health and for increasing the public awareness of schizophrenia. In 1994, she received an honorary doctorate from the University of South Australia. Personal life and death Deveson was married to broadcaster Ellis Blain for twenty years. The couple had three children: a daughter, the writer Georgia Blain (1964–2016), and two sons. Following Ellis Blain's death in 1979, she had a long-term relationship with economist Robert Theobald. Deveson was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2014. She died on 12 December 2016, three days after the death of her daughter Georgia Blain. Bibliography Australians at Risk (Cassell, 1978) Tell Me I'm Here (Penguin, 1991) Coming of Age: Twenty-one Interviews About Growing Older (Scribe Publications, 1994) Lines in the Sand (Penguin, 2000) Resilience (Allen & Unwin, 2003) Waging Peace (Allen & Unwin, 2013) Filmography Who Killed Jenny Langby? (South Australian Film Corporation, 1974, acted as herself), a docudrama written by Greg Barker and Donald Crombie (producer). Do I Have to Kill My Child? (C.I.D. Productions, 1976, co-writer with Donald Crombie, producer) Achieving (Pilgrim International Films, 1979, writer) TV show produced by Betty Wood Spinning Out (Australian Film Commission, 1991, writer, director and producer) Paper Trails episode, Compass (October 2017, Mental As Week, feature) References External links – includes full transcript of an interview by Robin Hughes for the TV program in 2004 1930 births 2016 deaths Australian expatriates in England Australian non-fiction writers Australian women writers Members of the Order of Australia Officers of the Order of Australia Western Sydney University alumni Deaths from Alzheimer's disease Writers from Western Australia Deaths from dementia in Australia