Gabrielle Carey, co-author of Puberty Blues, dies aged 64

The author Gabrielle Carey, who has died aged 64. As a teenager she co-wrote the classic Australian novel Puberty Blues with Kathy Lette Photograph: Supplied

Gabrielle Carey, co-writer of Australian coming-of-age novel Puberty Blues has died suddenly at the age of 64.

Carey and her fellow author Kathy Lette wrote the largely autobiographical novel when they were teenagers. It received critical and popular acclaim for its frank depictions of sexism in surf and youth culture in 1970s Sydney.