Danielle Wood | |
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Born | Hobart, Tasmania, Australia | 11 August 1972
Occupation | Writer |
Education | Bachelor of Arts Ph.D [1] |
Alma mater | University of Tasmania Edith Cowan University [1] |
Genre | Literary Fiction |
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Danielle Wood (born 11 August 1972) is an Australian journalist, writer, and academic. Her first book, The Alphabet of Light and Dark, won The Australian/Vogel Literary Award in 2002.
Danielle Wood was born on 11 August 1972 [2] [3] in Hobart, Tasmania. She was educated at The Friends' School in Hobart and went on to complete a Bachelor of Arts with honours from the University of Tasmania, before working as a cadet journalist. [2]
At age 26, Wood moved to Western Australia and enrolled in a PhD through Edith Cowan University, starting work on her book at the same time. She has since returned to Tasmania where she was as of 2025 a senior lecturer at University of Tasmania, Sandy Bay. [3] [4] [5]
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