Fiona Wood

Author

Fiona Wood has been writing television scripts for the last ten years on shows ranging from MDA and The Secret Life of Us, to Home and Away and Neighbours. Her first YA novel is Six Impossible Things. She lives in Melbourne with her husband, two YAs and a bad old dog.

What other jobs have you had?

I have worked in marketing and in arts administration. One of the projects I cooked up was putting poetry on billboards at train stations. I’ve also been a freelance journalist and written PR for film and television. For the last ten years I’ve been writing television scripts for many of Australia’s most popular shows.

What themes are recurring in your work?

The theme that most engages me for the young adult reader is discovery of self, which inevitably connects with family, friendship and relationships. And I like giving characters a moral dilemma to chew on.

What are you passionate about?

I’m passionate about writing – and about keeping young adult readers engaged with books and readings in the digital era. I love reading and cooking.