Stephen M. Irwin

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Stephen M Irwin (born December, 1966) is an Australian screenwriter, producer and novelist,[1] best known for Harrow (2018) and Secrets & Lies (2014).

Biography[edit]

Irwin was born in Brisbane, Queensland and is the second youngest of six children. He graduated from the Queensland College of Art with tertiary qualifications in Film and Television production. [2] Irwin continues to live in Brisbane and centres many of his stories in fictionalised Brisbane settings.

Films & Television[edit]

Title Date Medium Notes
Harrow Season 2[3] 2019 TV series - ABC/ABCSi. Writer/Producer. Starring Ioan Gruffudd, Jolene Anderson
Tidelands[4] 2018 TV series - Netflix Writer. Starring Charlotte Best, Mattias Inwood, Aaron Jakubenko, Elsa Pataky, Peter O'Brien
Harrow Season 1[5] 2018 TV series - ABC/ABCSi. Writer/Producer. Starring Ioan Gruffudd, Mirrah Foulkes Remy Hii
Wake in Fright[6] 2017 TV mini-series Writer. Silver World Medal – New York Festivals Film & Television Awards (2018)[7]
Australia Day[8] 2017 Feature - Foxtel Writer. Starring Bryan Brown, Shari Sebbens, Isabelle Cornish, Sean Keenan, Daniel Webber, Matthew Le Nevez.
Secrets & Lies (U.S. TV series) 2015–2016 TV series Based upon the Australian television series created by Stephen M. Irwin. Starring Ryan Phillippe, Juliette Lewis, KaDee Strickland, Michael Ealy.
Secrets & Lies (Australian TV series)[9] 2014 TV series Writer. Starring Martin Henderson, Anthony Hayes. Australian Writers Guild AWGIE Winner– Interactive Media (2015)[10]
Ascension[11] 2008 Short Writer/Director. (Best Short, Sci-Fi-London 2008[12])
Car Pool[13] 2006 Short Writer. Starring Kerry Armstrong. (Best Comedy, St Kilda Short Film Festival 2007[14]
Black Fury 2005 Short Writer/Director.
The Kool-Sla Cover-up[15] 2003 TV Drama Writer/Director. SBS (S)truth.
Boggo Road 4102[16] 2001 Documentary Writer/Director.
Boulia 4829[17] 2000 Documentary Writer/Director.

Novels[edit]

Irwin is the author of two supernatural thrillers The Dead Path (2010)[18] and The Broken Ones (2011).[19] The Dead Path was named Top Horror Title in the American Library Association's 2011 reading list[20] and won the Doubleday Book of the Month Club First Fiction Award 2010.[21]

Short Stories & Poetry[edit]

Irwin has written several short stories and poems, winning awards both Australia and overseas including The Write Stuff and New Millennium Writings.[22]

Title Year Medium Publication Notes
24/7[23] 2013 Short Story Anthology - A Killer Among Demons Dark Prints Press
Surprise[24] 2013 Short Story Anthology - Warbirds of Mars Quickdraw Books
Tail the Barney 2011 Short Story Anthologies - Rage Against the Night;[25] New Millennium Writings
Hive[26] 2013 Short Story Anthology - Macabre - A Journey Through Australia's Darkest Fears Winner, Book of the Month Club First Fiction Award (2011)
Bones of the Hill 2007 Poetry Anthology - eclouges Newcastle Poetry Prize Anthology
The Jet 2005 Poetry Anthology - sunweight Newcastle Poetry Prize Anthology
She Lay Among Diamonds 2005 Short Story N/A Winner, Katherine Susannah Pritchard Short Story Award
Emily's Breath 2005 Short Story N/A Winner, Easter Writer's Group Short Story Competition

References[edit]

  1. ^ Official website
  2. ^ Walking the dead path with Stephen M Irwin
  3. ^ Harrow season 2
  4. ^ Tidelands
  5. ^ Harrow
  6. ^ Wake in Fright
  7. ^ New York Festivals Film & Television Awards 2018
  8. ^ Australia Day
  9. ^ Secrets & Lies
  10. ^ AWGIE Winner
  11. ^ Ascension
  12. ^ Ascension - Best Short Film 2008
  13. ^ Car Pool
  14. ^ Car Pool
  15. ^ (S)truth
  16. ^ (Boggo Road)
  17. ^ (Boulia 4829)
  18. ^ The Dead Path, Hachette
  19. ^ The Broken Ones, Hachette
  20. ^ "Top genre fiction titles named to 2011 RUSA Reading List".
  21. ^ "Doubleday Book of the Month Club First Fiction Award 2010".
  22. ^ Ghosts, spiders and a dead cat are just in a paranormal day
  23. ^ "A Killer Among Demons".
  24. ^ Surprise
  25. ^ Rage Against the Night
  26. ^ Hive

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