Charlotte Wood is the author of six novels and two books of non-fiction. Her new novel is The Weekend, which is to be published internationally and has been shortlisted for the Stella Prize and the Indie Book Award in 2020.

Her previous novel, The Natural Way of Things, won the 2016 Stella Prize, the 2016 Indie Book of the Year and Novel of the Year, was joint winner of the Prime Minister's Literary Award for Fiction.

Her non-fiction works include The Writer’s Room, a collection of interviews with authors about the creative process, and Love & Hunger, a book about cooking. Her features and essays have appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian, Literary Hub, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Saturday Paper among other publications. In 2019 she was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for significant services to literature, and was named one of the Australian Financial Review's 100 Women of Influence.

Her latest project is a new podcast, The Writer's Room with Charlotte Wood, in which she interviews authors, critics and other artists about the creative process.

Words Away Zalon: Writing Relationships: exploring character and place

Website: charlottewood.com.au

Facebook: @charlottewoodau

Essay: As we shovel in distractions, the inner life grows dim: The Sydney Morning Herald

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