Fiona Anna Wood is an Australian writer of young adult fiction. She is a three-time winner of the
Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers award.
Career
Fiona Wood is a graduate of the
University of Melbourne
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She worked for 12 years as a scriptwriter for television series, including episodes of ''
Neighbours
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'', ''
Home and Away
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MDA
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,'' before her first novel, ''Six Impossible Things'', was published in 2010.
Works
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Awards and recognition
* ''Six Impossible Things''
** Winner, Eleanor Dark Flagship Fellowship for Fiction, 2008
** Shortlisted, CBCA (Children’s Book Council of Australia) Book of the Year, Older Readers, 2011
** Shortlisted, YABBA (Young Australians Best Book Awards), 2014
** Shortlisted, YABBA (Young Australians Best Book Awards), 2016
* ''Wildlife''
** Shortlisted,
Queensland Literary Awards
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, Young Adult Book Award, 2013
** Shortlisted, Victorian Premier's Literary Awards,
Young Adult Fiction Award, 2014
** Shortlisted, NSW Premier's Literary Award,
Ethel Turner Prize, 2014
** Winner, CBCA Book of the Year, Older Readers, 2014
** Shortlisted, Reading & Enjoying Australian Literature (REAL) Awards, Fiction for Year 7–9, 2015
** Honour book, Kids Own Australian Literature Awards (KOALAs), Fiction for years 7–9, 2015
* ''Cloudwish''
** Winner, Indie Award, Best Young Adult (Independent Booksellers Awards), 2016
** Winner, CBCA Book of the Year, Older Readers, 2016
** Shortlisted, ABIA Awards (Australian Book Industry Awards)
** Shortlisted, WA Young Readers' Book Award
* ''Take Three Girls''
** Winner, CBCA, Book of the Year, Older Readers, 2018
** Shortlisted, Gold Inky Award
** Shortlisted, Indie Award (Independent Booksellers Awards)
References
External links
Official website*
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Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Australian writers of young adult literature
Australian women novelists
University of Melbourne alumni