Sarah Walker | |
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| Born | 1965 (age 57–58)[1] Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, script producer |
Sarah Walker (born 1965) is an Australian author, screenwriter and script producer. She has written for several serial dramas, including Home and Away, Neighbours, and All Saints. She co-created the comedy drama Wonderland with Jo Porter in 2013. Walker has also written novels and worked as a journalist and actor, appearing in Man of Flowers (1983).[2]
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Early and personal life
Walker was born and raised in Sydney.[3] As a teenager she wrote scripts, and she briefly worked as an actress. She studied creative writing while working in the magazine industry, and she has a BA Communication from the University of Technology Sydney. She was the chief subeditor of New Weekly.[1][3]
Walker is openly lesbian and came out when she was 16.[3]
Career
Walker received a publishing contract for two novels,[3] and she wrote the coming out story The Year of Freaking Out in 1997.[4] She began her screen writing career with the serial drama Breakers.[5] Following its cancellation, she moved onto Home and Away and All Saints.[3][4] She helped create the character Charlotte Beaumont (played by Tammy MacIntosh), who was initially a lesbian, however, when Walker left the serial, Charlotte became straight.[3] Walker has written for Neighbours, HeadLand, and A Place To Call Home. She helped develop Winners & Losers and co-created Wonderland.[3] Walker has also worked on Wentworth.[5]
In 2016, Walker received an Australian Writers' Guild nomination for "Episode 6381" of Home and Away in the Best Script for a Television Serial category.[6]
Selected credits
- Breakers – writer, story editor
- Home and Away – writer, script editor, script producer (2007–08), story consultant
- HeadLand (2005) – writer
- All Saints – writer, script producer (2000–03)
- Winners & Losers (2011) – developed, script producer
- Wentworth (2013, 2015) – script consultant, Season 1 and story consultant, Season 4
- Neighbours (2013–) – writer
- Wonderland (2013–2015) – writer, co-creator, script producer
Books
- Simple Things - published by Pan Macmillan, 1996
- The Year of Freaking Out - published by Pan Macmillan, 1997
- Camphor Laurel - published by Pan Macmillan, 1998 (Winner Honour Children's Book of the Year)
- Water Colours - published by Hodder, 2000
- If Only - published by Published by Hodder Headline, 2001
- The Tin Man - published by Allen & Unwin, 2000
- Lucky Three - published by Hodder, 2003
References
- ^ a b "Sarah Walker – Biography". AustLit. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
- ^ "Sarah Walker". AustLit.(subscription required)
- ^ a b c d e f g Molloy, Shannon (2 October 2016). "Where are all the gay characters on Aussie TV? Is it true 'gay doesn't rate'? Four insiders weigh in". news.com.au. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
- ^ a b Guertin, Lachlan (20 August 2018). "The difficulties of obtaining on-screen representation". Hatch. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
- ^ a b Awad, Amal (24 August 2018). "Resilience, Collaboration and Inspiration in the Writers' Room". Screen Australia. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
- ^ "Full list of nominees for the 2016 AWGIE Awards" (PDF). Australian Writers' Guild. 1 August 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
External links
- Sarah Walker at IMDb
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