Fiona Wood (writer)

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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.[1]

Career

Fiona Wood is a graduate of the University of Melbourne.[1] She worked for 12 years as a scriptwriter for television series, including episodes of Neighbours, Home and Away and MDA,[2] 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[1]
    • 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, Young Adult Book Award, 2013[3]
    • Shortlisted, Victorian Premier's Literary Awards, Young Adult Fiction Award, 2014[4]
    • Shortlisted, NSW Premier's Literary Award, Ethel Turner Prize, 2014[5]
    • Winner, CBCA Book of the Year, Older Readers, 2014[6]
    • Shortlisted, Reading & Enjoying Australian Literature (REAL) Awards, Fiction for Year 7–9, 2015[7]
    • Honour book, Kids Own Australian Literature Awards (KOALAs), Fiction for years 7–9, 2015[8]
  • Cloudwish
    • Winner, Indie Award, Best Young Adult (Independent Booksellers Awards), 2016[9]
    • 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

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External links

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