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.
Career Fiona Wood is a graduate of the University of Melbourne. She worked for 12 years as a scriptwriter for television series, including episodes of Neighbours, Home and Away and MDA, before her first novel, Six Impossible Things, was published in 2010.
Works
Awards and recognition
Six Impossible Things Winner, Eleanor Dark Flagship Fellowship for Fiction, 2008 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 Shortlisted, Victorian Premier's Literary Awards, Young Adult Fiction Award, 2014 Shortlisted, NSW Premier's Literary Award, Ethel Turner Prize, 2014 Winner, CBCA Book of the Year, Older Readers, 2014 Shortlisted, Reading & Enjoying Australian Literature (REAL) Awards, Fiction for Year 7–9, 2015 Honour book, Kids Own Australian Literature Awards (KOALAs), Fiction for years 7–9, 2015
Cloudwish Winner, Indie Award, Best Young Adult (Independent Booksellers Awards), 2016 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)
How to Spell Catastrophe Shortlisted, Children's Peace Literature Award (2023)
References
External links Official website