Sarah Walker (Australian author)

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Sarah Walker
Born1965 (age 58–59) [1]
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation(s)Writer, script producer

Sarah Walker (born 1965) is an Australian author, screenwriter and script producer. She has written for several serial dramas, including Home and Away , Neighbours , and All Saints . She co-created the comedy drama Wonderland with Jo Porter in 2013. Walker has also written novels and worked as a journalist and actor, appearing in Man of Flowers (1983). [2]

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Early and personal life

Walker was born and raised in Sydney. [3] As a teenager she wrote scripts, and she briefly worked as an actress. She studied creative writing while working in the magazine industry, and she has a BA Communication from the University of Technology Sydney. She was the chief subeditor of New Weekly . [1] [3]

Walker is openly lesbian and came out when she was 16. [3]

Career

Walker received a publishing contract for two novels, [3] and she wrote the coming out story The Year of Freaking Out in 1997. [4] She began her screen writing career with the serial drama Breakers . [5] Following its cancellation, she moved onto Home and Away and All Saints . [3] [4] She helped create the character Charlotte Beaumont (played by Tammy MacIntosh), who was initially a lesbian, however, when Walker left the serial, Charlotte became straight. [3] Walker has written for Neighbours , HeadLand , and A Place To Call Home . She helped develop Winners & Losers and co-created Wonderland . [3] Walker has also worked on Wentworth . [5]

In 2016, Walker received an Australian Writers' Guild nomination for "Episode 6381" of Home and Away in the Best Script for a Television Serial category. [6]

In 2023, Walker was announced as part of the writing team for the second series of The Twelve (Australian TV series) , [7] Walker also wrote an episode for SBS series Erotic Stories. [8]

Selected credits

YearTitleRoleNotes
2022-present The Twelve Script Writer & Eexc producer8 episodes
2023Erotic StoriesWriter1 episode
2023 Mother and Son (2023 TV series) Writer3 episodes
2019Bad MothersWriter1 episode
2013-15 Wentworth (TV series) Script consultant7 episodes
WonderlandScript producer44 episodes
2011Winners and LosersScript producer8 episodes
2001-05 All Saints (TV series) Editor/Writer24 episodes
2000-18 Home and Away Script consultant/ Writer289 episodes
1998-99BreakersStory editor429 episodes

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References

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  2. ↑ "Sarah Walker". AustLit.(subscription required)
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Molloy, Shannon (2 October 2016). "Where are all the gay characters on Aussie TV? Is it true 'gay doesn't rate'? Four insiders weigh in". news.com.au . Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  4. 1 2 Guertin, Lachlan (20 August 2018). "The difficulties of obtaining on-screen representation". Hatch . Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  5. 1 2 Awad, Amal (24 August 2018). "Resilience, Collaboration and Inspiration in the Writers' Room". Screen Australia . Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  6. ↑ "Full list of nominees for the 2016 AWGIE Awards" (PDF). Australian Writers' Guild. 1 August 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  7. ↑ Knox, David (22 June 2023). "Renewed: The Twelve | TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
  8. ↑ Knox, David (27 April 2023). "Production begins on Erotic Stories for SBS | TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
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