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1 y separately published work icon Go! Steve Worland , Melbourne : Puffin , 2019 17331888 2019 single work novel young adult

'Go big. Go fast. Go together. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 ... Go!

'Fifteen-year-old Jack has just discovered the one thing he loves, and is really good at: go kart racing. With the support of his mentor, Patrick, an old race-car driver with a dark past, and his best mates Colin and Mandy, Jack must learn to control his reckless streak. Only then will he be in with a chance to defeat the best drivers in Australia, including his ruthless rival Dean, and win the National title.' (Publication summary)

1 form y separately published work icon Go! Steve Worland , ( dir. Owen Trevor ) Australia : See Pictures , 2019 14363250 2019 single work film/TV

'Jack (14) is a charismatic larrikin who has just discovered the one thing he is really good at - go-kart racing. With the support of his mentor, Patrick (55), an old race car driver with a secret past, and his best mates Colin and Mandy (both 15), Jack must learn to control his recklessness if he is to defeat the best drivers in Australia, including the ruthless champion Dean, and win the National title.'

Source: Screen Australia.

1 y separately published work icon Paper Planes Steve Worland , Melbourne : Penguin , 2015 8045187 2015 single work children's fiction children's

'One paper plane flies straight and fast and true. Dylan's.

'Twelve-year-old Dylan Webber lives in outback Western Australia in a small country town. When he discovers he has a talent for folding and flying paper planes, Dylan begins a journey to reach the World Junior Paper Plane Championships in Japan.

'Along the way he makes unlikely new friends, clashes with powerful rivals and comes to terms with his family's past before facing his greatest challenge – to create a paper plane that will compete with the best in the world.

'Steve Worland brings you the exciting, heartwarming story of Paper Planes, adapted from the award-winning family film that features a cast of Australia's finest actors, including Sam Worthington, Deborah Mailman, David Wenham and Ed Oxenbould.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 3 y separately published work icon Quick Steve Worland , Docklands : Penguin Books , 2014 7456155 2014 single work novel thriller

'Melbourne, Australia: Round one of the Formula One World Championship. Billy Hotchkiss no longer races a V8 Supercar, but that doesn't mean he's lost the need for speed. When the young cop uncovers a diamond heist in progress he leaps into action and almost captures the thieves.

'Lyon, France: Interpol are convinced the thieves are connected to Formula One. And they think this Australian ex-race driver is just the guy to stop them.

'Sent undercover with an unwilling French partner, Billy is thrust into the glamorous world of international motor racing as the diamond heists continue. But as Billy closes in on the thieves a far more sinister threat is revealed.

'With the fate of a city and the lives of half a million people in the balance, Billy will need to drive like never before to stop the worse act of terror since 9/11.

'So hang on tight as Quick catapults you from Melbourne to Monaco and into a thrilling chase.' (Publication summary)

1 32 form y separately published work icon Paper Planes Steve Worland , Robert Connolly , ( dir. Robert Connolly ) Australia : Footprint Fims , 2014 6351167 2014 single work film/TV children's

'Young Dylan, from a small outback town, dreams of competing in the World Paper Plane Championships in Japan.'

Source: Screen Australia. (Sighted: 21/8/2013)

1 4 y separately published work icon Combustion Steve Worland , Melbourne : Penguin Books , 2013 6006871 2013 single work novel thriller

'Los Angeles. Traffic clogs the streets. Smog chokes the city. And eco-terrorist Zac Bunsen wants to burn it all down.

He releases the Swarm, an airborne nanotech virus that targets combustion engines and detonates their fuel supplies. It is spectacularly, appallingly successful.

Terror and chaos reign as the City of Angels explodes. Every vehicle is now a devastating bomb and every freeway a war zone littered with bodies and twisted wrecks.

NASA astronaut Judd Bell and his best mate, Aussie chopper pilot Corey Purchase, are caught in the middle of the crisis with a blue heeler and a canister of counteragent. Together they must stop Bunsen before he brings the planet to its knees.' (Publisher's blurb)

1 Books That Changed Me : Steve Worland Steve Worland , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 18 November 2012; (p. 14)
Worland lists books, by a variety of non-Australian authors, that have influenced him.
1 2 y separately published work icon Velocity Steve Worland , Camberwell : Michael Joseph , 2012 Z1884322 2012 single work novel thriller 'Strap in for a supersonic ride as Velocity blasts off at mach speed. From NASA's Cape Canaveral to the Central Australian desert, screenwriter Steve Worland's debut thriller sets a heart-stopping pace. A cast of brilliant characters combined with explosive action make this hugely enjoyable novel a genuine blockbuster.' (Publisher's blurb)
1 form y separately published work icon Hard Knox Steve Worland , ( dir. Peter Bloomfield ) Australia : Southern Star Entertainment Coote Hayes Productions , 2001 Z1874640 2001 single work film/TV fantasy adventure

Niki Knox, martial artist and head of a security firm, must stop a villain from activating a set of ancient gems that will grant him enormous power.

1 form y separately published work icon Bootmen Steve Worland , ( dir. Dein Perry ) Australia : Bootmen Productions Fox Searchlight Pictures , 2000 15542116 2000 single work film/TV

A young man working for a failing steel mill begins to imagine returning to the tap dancing he gave up.

1 1 form y separately published work icon Farscape Matt Ford , Ro Hume , Michael Miller , Justin Monjo , Peter Neale , Grant McAloon , Lily Taylor , Christopher Wheeler , Steve Worland , ( dir. Tony Tilse et. al. )agent Australia : Nine Network , 1999-2003 Z1842828 1999-2003 series - publisher film/TV science fiction

Farscape was an Australian/American co-production, a science-fiction television program combining puppetry and live actors to follow the trevails of American astronaut John Crichton, flung into the far reaches of the galaxy during the maiden flight of his experimental craft.

Farscape made use of puppetry to circumvent the problem of having to present alien life-forms as roughly humanoid in size and shape. However, despite the use of Jim Henson's puppet studios, the program was distinctly adult in tone and content.

Unlike other programs filmed in Australian studios (for example, Terra Nova), Farscape was very strongly a co-production, employing a high number of Australian actors and directors. Over a third of the scripts (thirty of the eighty-eight episodes in the original four seasons) were written by Australian script-writers (see below for details). In addition, two Australian script-writers (Lily Taylor and Grant McAloon) served as script/story editors and another (Justin Monjo) acted as creative consultant.

After its abrupt cancellation, Farscape was succeeded by a number of ancillary texts (including a mini-series, graphic novels, and a role-playing game), but these works were American productions rather than Australian/American co-productions.

1 form y separately published work icon Big Sky Christopher Lee , Susan Bower , Daniel Krige , Tony McNamara , Rhett Walton , Simon Baré , Paul Brown , Anthony Ellis , Grant Fraser , Gregor Jordan , Rick Maier , Greg Millin , Annette Moore , Jacquelin Perske , Chris Phillips , Tracey Trinder-Doig , Dave Warner , Steve Worland , Alexa Wyatt , ( dir. Scott Hartford-Davis et. al. )agent Sydney : Southern Star Xanadu , 1997-1999 7228153 1997 series - publisher film/TV adventure

'Every day is an adventure for the pilots at Big Sky Aviation. A high spirited bunch to start with, they can't help but relish the kind of job that sees them one day flying to a medical emergency on a remote property deep in the outback, the next on a tricky city mission and another soaring over some of the most beautiful tropical coastline in the world. BIG SKY is an action adventure series with heart, humour and nerves of steel.'

Source: Screen Australia. (Sighted: 9/4/2014)

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