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Hilary Bell (writer)

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Occupation
  
Writer

Nationality
  
Australian


Relatives
  
Lucy Bell (1968)

Name
  
Hilary Bell

Notable awards
  
Aurealis Award Best fantasy short story 1996 Mirror, Mirror

Spouse
  
Phillip "John" Johnston

Children
  
Moss Theo Bell Johnston (2000), Ivy Coco Bell Johnston (2003)

Hilary Bell (born 1966) is an Australian writer of stage, fiction, radio, screen, and theatre. She is the daughter of John Bell, the founder of the Bell Shakespeare company.

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Biography

Bell is a graduate of the National Institute of Dramatic Art, 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 which Bell was a writer for. She has also won awards for her work as a playwright; the Philip Parsons Young Playwrights Award, the Jill Blewitt Playwrights' Award, the Bug'n'Bub Award, the Eric Kocher Playwrights' Award, the 2007 Inscription Award, and an AWGIE award.

Plays

  • Wolf Lullaby
  • Fortune
  • The Anatomy Lesson of Doctor Ruysch
  • The Falls
  • Memmie Le Blanc
  • The Bloody Bride
  • Perfect Stranger
  • A Pocket Full of Hula Dreams
  • "Ugly Beauty"
  • "Connectivity"
  • Source: Ozscipt.org Source: [1]

    Television

  • Echo Point (1995, writer)
  • Mirror, Mirror (1995, writer)
  • Source: IMDB

    Theatre

  • Mrs. Satan (opera)
  • The Wedding Song (musical)
  • Talk Show (song cycle)
  • Faust (libretto to Phillip Johnston's score)
  • Source: Ozscipt.org

    References

    Hilary Bell (writer) Wikipedia