Fiona Wood (writer)

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.

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)