Catherine Deveny was born on 1968 and is an Australian comedy writer and stand-up comedian who was a regular columnist for The Age newspaper from 2001 to 2010.
12 Facts About Catherine Deveny
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Catherine Deveny has written for events such as the Logie Awards and the Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards, and co-wrote the 2005 Australian Film Institute Awards with Russell Crowe.
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From 2001 to 2010, Catherine Deveny was a regular columnist for The Age newspaper, published in Victoria.
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Catherine Deveny is the author of Rank and Smelly, Babies, Bellies and Blundstones, Our New Baby and The Happiness Show.
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Catherine Deveny then appeared with Richard Dawkins, Peter Singer, Phillip Adams and PZ Myers at the 2010 Global Atheist Convention in Melbourne, Australia.
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Also in 2010, Catherine Deveny appeared in a one-woman show, entitled God Is Bullshit, That's The Good News, as part of the 2010 Melbourne Comedy Festival.
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Catherine Deveny has regularly acted as a substitute broadcaster on Australian radio station 774 ABC Melbourne.
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In May 2010, a similar controversy arose when Catherine Deveny posted a number of Twitter comments during the Logies Awards ceremony.
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Catherine Deveny posted a number of messages on Twitter and Facebook, criticising the day as an institution as well as those who follow the event.
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Catherine Deveny referred to veterans as "ignorant and uneducated", and argued that the Australian Defence Forces should not use the term "to serve", and that it was no more dangerous than many other professions, including emergency services officers, farmers, arborists and mental health workers.
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Catherine Deveny identifies as an atheist and has described being diagnosed with dyslexia.
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Catherine Deveny's literature was featured in the 2014 NSW HSC English paper 1 on the area of study "Belonging" in which students had to answer comprehension questions.