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'''Dea Birkett''' (born 1958) is a British writer, [[journalist]], broadcaster and a former [[circus]] performer.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Coad|first=Interview by Jenny|title=ST Travel meets... author, journalist and circus enthusiast Dea Birkett|newspaper=[[The Times]] |language=en|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/st-travel-meets-author-journalist-and-circus-enthusiast-dea-birkett-t3qzx3b3j|access-date=2020-11-10|issn=0140-0460}}</ref>
 
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'''Dea Birkett''' (born 1958) is a British writer, [[journalist]], broadcaster and a former circus performer.<ref>Dea Birkett [https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2007/jun/20/comedy "Down to the wire"], ''The Guardian'', 20 June 2007</ref> She has written on social issues for ''[[The Guardian]]'' and broadcasts for [[BBC Radio 4]].
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| other_names = Dea Toolis
| birth_name = Dea Birkett
| birth_date = 1958.
| birth_place = [[United Kingdom|Britain]]
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| nationality = [[British people|British]]
| occupation = [[Journalist]]
| known_for = [[Radio personality|Broadcaster]], Circus Performer
| spouse = [[Kevin Toolis]]
| children = 3
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==Buography==
She is creative director of the charity [https://kidsinmuseums.org.uk/ Kids in Museums] and Ringmaster of [http://circus250.com/ Circus 250]. She is the mother of disabled actress [[Storme Toolis]].
 
Birkett was brought up in the suburbs of [[Surrey]], [[England]]. As a child she watched the circus parade through her town, which made her want to be in a circus. When she had her eldest daughter [[Storme Toolis]] in year 1992, she left her daughter with her child’s father [[Kevin Toolis]], so she could run away to the circus. She left the circus in year 1993 but when Birkett turned 60 years of age, she “ran away” again to return to the Circus life beside her youngest child River Toolis.<ref>{{Cite news|last=McQuillan|first=Deirdre|title=Sawdust and sequins: Why I ran away to join the circus at 60|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/sawdust-and-sequins-why-i-ran-away-to-join-the-circus-at-60-1.3570419|access-date=2020-11-10|newspaper=The Irish Times|language=en}}</ref>
She was awarded the [[Somerset Maugham Award]] in 1993 for ''Jella''.
 
==Career==
 
During her time as journalist Birkett had written on social issues for ''[[The Guardian]]'' and broadcast for [[BBC Radio 4]]. She is creative director of the charity [https://kidsinmuseums.org.uk/ Kids in Museums] and Ringmaster of [http://circus250.com/ Circus 250]. She was awarded the [[Somerset Maugham Award]] in 1993 for her book ''Jella,'' in which follows Birkett journey from Africa to the UK{{clarify|date=October 2023}}.
 
==Bibliography==
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*''Jella: A Woman at Sea'' (1992)
*''[[Mary Kingsley]]: Imperial Adventuress'' (1992)
*''Serpent in Paradise'' (1997) (about her stay on [[Pitcairn Island|Paradise]]'' (1997)
 
==References==
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[[Category:British writers]]
[[Category:Fellows of the Royal Society of Literature]]
[[Category:PlacePeople offrom birth missing (living people)Surrey]]
[[Category:1958 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Non-nationals associated with the Pitcairn Islands]]
 
 
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