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Melanie Alexander Melanie Alexander i(A148763 works by)
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Melanie Alexander is a multi-award winning screenwriter and has worked at SLR Productions where she has been in charge of writing and development on productions. Alexander has been in the  writing industry for 16 years and is a highly acclaimed children’s television writer for many award winning series. She has been the Script Producer and Editor of successful SLR TV series such as the adapted UK picture books Captain Flinn and The Pirate Dinosaurs, and the acclaimed classic property~ Guess How Much I Love You™.

She also teaches Writing for Children’s Television at the Australian Film, TV and Radio School and her writing career spans live-action, puppetry, animation, multimedia platforms and character costume plays. She has a background in teaching and spent ten years teaching.

Most Referenced Works

Awards for Works

form y separately published work icon Pamela Barnacle Is Alive and Well Australia : Giggle Garage Animations SLR Productions , 2020 23335086 2020 single work film/TV
2021 nominated AWGIE Awards Animation
y separately published work icon Art for Art's Sake Sydney : Random House Australia , 2017 14329564 2017 single work children's fiction children's mystery

'Camilla the gorilla who lives at Appleton Animal Park loves to paint and her colourful canvases are proudly displayed outside her enclosure. But when someone steals her paintings, Camilla starts refusing to eat. Lexi and Lottie along with Fred and their trusty sidekick Mozart soon find the artworks for sale in a local gallery, but can’t prove they were painted by the gorilla. So, with Camilla’s well-being in mind, the Twin Detectives take extreme action and use their identical appearances to try and reclaim the art.

'Can the Twin Detectives reunite Camilla the gorilla with her paintings and catch the art-dealing culprit?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

2018 longlisted Davitt Award Best Children's Novel
y separately published work icon Here Kitty, Kitty North Sydney : Penguin Random House Australia , 2017 11322888 2017 single work children's fiction children's mystery

'A missing tiger cub and a long list of suspects! Can the Twin Detectives get to the bottom of this terrible crime?

'It’s a super special Saturday at Appleton Animal Park! Purr and Pounce the white tiger cubs are being shown to the public for the very first time. But disaster strikes when Lexi and Lottie discover that Pounce has been stolen and replaced with a soft toy. The Twin Detectives enlist the help of Grandpa and their best friend Fred and set out to find the thief. With no stone left unturned Lexi, Lottie and the gang begin to narrow in on the suspects.

'Can the Twin Detectives put this case to bed and track down the missing tiger cub?'

(Publication Summary)

2018 longlisted Davitt Award Best Children's Novel
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