Suzanne Hawley

Writer

Suzanne Hawley is a screenwriter, playwright and fiction author.

Suzanne received an AFI Award for best screenplay for the miniseries Bodysurfer, in 1989, which was also a finalist in the 33rd Annual Film and Television Awards, New York. Her feature film Wendy Cracked A Walnut received two AFI nominations and her miniseries Ring of Scorpio was also nominated for Best Miniseries at the AFI Awards. Suzanne’s other television credits include Headland, All Saints, Let the blood run free, The Ferals, Heartbreak High and A Country Practice.

Her play ‘Mummy loves you Betty Ann Jewel’ has been performed in most Australian states and was published by Currency Press and her play Concrete Palaces won a Sydney Theatre Company Award. In 2021 her play Wild Thing premiered at Flight Path Theatre and toured the regions with NSW Arts on Tour in 2023.

Suzanne wrote the darkly humorous novel Alison Says, published by Random House March 2005 and in the Czech Republic. She also wrote Molly and Brendan, the untold story for A Country Practice. Her book 'Swimming with Snakes', a psychological thriller set in Australia, was published in March 2023.

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