ABOUT CHARLOTTE WOOD

Charlotte Wood is the author of nine books. Her latest is The Luminous Solution, an exploration of creativity and the inner life. Her last novel was the international bestseller, The Weekend.
​It was shortlisted for several awards including the Stella Prize and the Prime Minister's Literary Award, both of which she won, among others, for her previous novel, The Natural Way of Things, in 2016. That title was featured in the 2021 ABC Television series, The Books That Made Us. 

Belvoir Theatre Company in Sydney will stage an adaptation of The Weekend in August 2023.

In 2019 Charlotte was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) and named one of the Australian Financial Review’s 100 Women of Influence. 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.
 
For a brief period she produced a podcast, The Writer's Room with Charlotte Wood, in which she interviewed authors, critics and other artists about the creative process.

Her new novel, Stone Yard Devotional, ​will be published in Australia in October 2023.

Image credit 'Photo: Carly Earl'.

​Short bio 
Charlotte Wood is the prizewinning author of six novels and three books of non-fiction. Her latest book is The Luminous Solution, a book about creativity and the inner life.
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