Biography

Bell is a graduate of the National Institute of Dramatic Art

National Institute of Dramatic Art

The National Institute of Dramatic Art is an Australian national training institute for students of theatre, film, and television, based in the Sydney suburb of Kensington. It is supported by the federal Office for the Arts, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. NIDA is located adjacent...

, the Australian Film, Television and Radio School, and the Juilliard Playwrights' Studio. She writes in many different areas including stage, fiction, radio, screen, and theatre. In 1996 she joint won the 1996 Aurealis Award for best young-adult novel with her novel, Mirror, Mirror which is an adaption of the 1995 television show

Mirror, Mirror (TV series)

Mirror, Mirror is a television programme co-produced by Australia and New Zealand. Presented as a single complete story given in a serial with 20 episodes, there are cliffhangers between some of the episodes....

 which Bell was a writer for. She has also won awards for her work as a playwright; the Philip Parsons Young Playwrights Award

Philip Parsons Young Playwrights Award

The Philip Parsons Young Playwrights Award is an Australian annual award started in 1996, given to "to a playwright whose work demonstrates an original and compelling theatrical voice". Recipients of the award must be under the age of 35 years....

, the Jill Blewitt Playwrights' Award, the Bug'n'Bub Award, the Eric Kocher Playwrights' Award, the 2007 Inscription Award, and an AWGIE award

AWGIE Awards

The AWGIE Awards is an annual awards ceremony conducted by the Australian Writers' Guild, for excellence in screen, television, stage and radio writing. The awards began in 1967....

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Plays

• Wolf Lullaby
• Fortune
• The Anatomy Lesson of Doctor Ruysch
• The Falls
• Memmie Le Blanc
• The Bloody Bride
• Perfect Stranger

Source: Ozscipt.org

Television

• Echo Point
  Echo Point
  Echo Point was an Australian television soap opera produced by Southern Star Productions for Network Ten in 1995.The series was devised as an attempt by the Ten Network to rival the opposition soap Home and Away on the Seven Network...
  
  (1995, writer)
• Mirror, Mirror
  Mirror, Mirror (TV series)
  Mirror, Mirror is a television programme co-produced by Australia and New Zealand. Presented as a single complete story given in a serial with 20 episodes, there are cliffhangers between some of the episodes....
  
  (1995, writer)

Source: IMDB

Theatre

• Mrs. Satan (opera)
• The Wedding Song (musical)
• Talk Show (song cycle)
• Faust (libretto to Phillip Johnston
  Phillip Johnston
  Phillip Johnston is an American avant-garde jazz composer and saxophonist.Johnston first gained notice working on the underground music scene of New York City in the 1980s. Among those he collaborated with are John Zorn, Eugene Chadbourne, Elliott Sharp, Wayne Horvitz, Butch Morris, and The DB's...
  
  's score)

Source: Ozscipt.org