Fiona Wood
Fiona Wood is the author of Six Impossible Things, Wildlife and Cloudwish. Six Impossible Things was shortlisted for the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year, Older Readers in 2011. Wildlife won the CBCA Award in 2014 and was shortlisted for numerous other awards. Cloudwish won the CBCA Award in 2016, and the 2016 Indie Book Award for YA fiction. It was also shortlisted for the Gold Inky Award, and the ABIA Award. Her books are published internationally. All three books are Junior Library Guild Selections in the US. Before writing YA fiction, Fiona worked as a screenwriter. She lives in Melbourne with her family.
Meet the Speaker
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.
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Cinderella’s a Dude?
The use of Cinderella in Six Impossible Things, and ways in which fairytales can enrich character and narrative.Topics:Case...
Beginning End Middle
An exploration of how narrative is constructed.Topics:Story structure explored. Benefits of generating a blueprint. Practical...
CSI Dialogue
The multi-tasking role of dialogue in fiction.Topics:What are the functions of dialogue? A forensic look at how dialogue...
Six Impossible Things
A spotlight on the stages a book goes through from being dreamt up to arriving in libraries and bookshops using Six...
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