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
editFiona 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
edit- 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
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - 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
edit- 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
edit- ^ a b c "Fiona Wood". Varuna. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
- ^ "Fiona Wood". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
- ^ "Queensland Literary Awards 2013 shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. 20 August 2013. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
- ^ "Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2014 shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. 29 November 2013. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
- ^ "NSW Premier's Literary Awards 2014 shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. 8 April 2014. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
- ^ "CBCA Book of the Year Awards 2014 winners announced". Books+Publishing. 15 August 2014. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
- ^ "REAL Awards 2015 shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. 15 April 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
- ^ "KOALAs 2015 winners announced". Books+Publishing. 10 November 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
- ^ "'The Natural Way of Things' wins Indie Book of the Year for 2016". Books+Publishing. 24 March 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
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