About Charlotte Wood

Charlotte Wood has been described as “one of the most intelligent and compassionate novelists in Australia” (The Age), and “one of our finest and most chameleonic writers” (The Australian).

Her latest work is a book of contemplations on cooking, Love & Hunger: Thoughts on the Gift of Food (2012). Her fourth novel, Animal People (2011), received critical acclaim and was longlisted for the 2012 Miles Franklin Literary Award.

Her earlier novels were shortlisted for various prizes, including the Miles Franklin Award and regional Commonwealth Writers’ Prize.

She writes a cookery blog at www.howtoshuckanoyster.com. She lives in Sydney with her husband and is working on her fifth novel.

See Charlotte's writing room on Literaryminded, here.

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