Wendy Harmer - Writing Credits

Writing Credits

A former political journalist, Harmer is the author of seven books for adults: It's a Joke, Joyce (1989), Backstage Pass (1991), Love Gone Wrong (1995), So anyway--: Wendy’s words of wisdom (1997) (a collection of her weekly columns from the Sydney Morning Herald’s Good Weekend Magazine), Farewell My Ovaries (2005), Nagging for Beginners (2006), and Love and Punishment (2006). Harmer's third novel, Roadside Sisters, will be published in April 2009.

Harmer's books have been described as being in the genre of chick lit or hen lit, aimed at appealing to “women zapping a Lean Cuisine in the microwave and looking for an emotional connection.” They are popular light novels, and very humorous.

Harmer has also written a series of children's books called the Pearlie the Park Fairy series. There are 11 books in the Pearlie series published to date. They are bestsellers in Australia, and have been published in ten countries around the world. The animated series Pearlie has been shown on Australian, Canadian, and American television, and Harmer has adapted the first book in the series, Pearlie in the Park, for the stage. In 2005, this play toured around Australia, performed by the Monkey Baa theatre company.

I Lost My Mobile at the Mall (2009) is Harmer's first novel for teens.

In addition to the Pearlie in the Park adaptation, Harmer has written two plays, Backstage Pass and What Is the Matter With Mary Jane? She also wrote the libretto for Baz Luhrmann’s Opera Australia production of Lake Lost.

She has written for numerous Australian magazines, and has been a contributing columnist for Australian Women's Weekly, New Weekly, The Good Weekend, and HQ.

Harmer contributed to Marie Claire’s What Women Want in 2002, My Sporting Hero, edited by Greg Gowden and published by Random House Australia, and a volume of The Best Ever Sports Writing . . . 200 Years of Sport Writing.