Fiona Wood (writer)

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

• Wood, Fiona (Fiona Anna) (2010), Six impossible things, Pan Macmillan, ISBN   978-0-330-42606-0
• Wood, Fiona (Fiona Anna) (2013), Wildlife, Pan Macmillan Australia, ISBN   978-1-74261-231-7
• Wood, Fiona (Fiona Anna); Baker & Taylor Axis 360 (2015), Cloudwish, Pan Macmillan, ISBN   978-1-74353-985-9
• Crowley, Cath; Howell, Simmone; Wood, Fiona (Fiona Anna) (2017), Take three girls (First ed.), Pan Macmillan, ISBN   978-1-74261-274-4

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

1. "Fiona Wood". Varuna. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
2. "Fiona Wood". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
3. "Queensland Literary Awards 2013 shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. 20 August 2013. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
4. "Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2014 shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. 29 November 2013. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
5. "NSW Premier's Literary Awards 2014 shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. 8 April 2014. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
6. "CBCA Book of the Year Awards 2014 winners announced". Books+Publishing. 15 August 2014. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
7. "REAL Awards 2015 shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. 15 April 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
8. "KOALAs 2015 winners announced". Books+Publishing. 10 November 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
9. "'The Natural Way of Things' wins Indie Book of the Year for 2016". Books+Publishing. 24 March 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2020.

External links

• Official website
• Fiona Wood at IMDb