Sue Woolfe is an Australian author, teacher, scriptwriter, editor and documentary film-maker.

Woolfe was raised in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney

Sydney

Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...

 and completed tertiary studies at the University of Sydney

University of Sydney

The University of Sydney is a public university located in Sydney, New South Wales. The main campus spreads across the suburbs of Camperdown and Darlington on the southwestern outskirts of the Sydney CBD. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in Australia and Oceania...

 and the University of New England

University of New England, Australia

The University of New England is an Australian public university with approximately 18,000 higher education students. Its original and main campus is located in the city of Armidale in northern New South Wales....

. Her first novel Painted Woman was runner-up in the ABC Bicentennial Awards. Later she adapted the novel for stage
and radio.

Awards and nominations

• 1996 - New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards
  New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards
  The New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards were established in 1979 by the New South Wales Premier Neville Wran. Commenting on its purpose, Wran said: "We want the arts to take, and be seen to take, their proper place in our social priorities...
  
  , Christina Stead Prize for fiction for Leaning Towards Infinity

External links

• AustLit Agent - Sue Woolfe's profile on AustLit.
• Sue Woolfe on writing dangerously - Article on Woolfe by Anna North.
• The Secret Cure - A review in The Age newspaper.
• http://www.suewoolfe.com.au - Sue Woolfe's official personal website