The Australian newspaper has described Charlotte Wood as 'one of our most original and provocative writers'. She is the author of five novels and a book of non- fiction.

Her latest novel, The Natural Way of Things, won the 2016 Stella, Indie Book of the Year and Indie Fiction Book of the Year prizes, and has been shortlisted the Victorian Premier's Literary Miles Franklin Awards. It will be published in the UK and North America in 2016. Charlotte was also editor of the short story anthology Brothers and Sisters, and for three years edited The Writer's Room Interviews magazine.

Her work has been shortlisted for various prizes including the Christina Stead, Kibble and Miles Franklin Awards. Two novels - The Children and The Natural Way of Things - have been optioned for feature films.

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