Sarah Walker (born 1965) is an Australian author, screenwriter and script producer. She has written for several serial dramas, including Home and Away, Neighbours, and All Saints. She co-created the comedy drama Wonderland with Jo Porter in 2013. Walker has also written novels and worked as a journalist and actor, appearing in Man of Flowers (1983).
Early and personal life Walker was born and raised in Sydney. As a teenager she wrote scripts, and briefly worked as an actress. She studied creative writing while working in the magazine industry, and she has a BA Communication from the University of Technology Sydney. She was the chief subeditor of New Weekly.
Walker is openly lesbian and came out when she was 16.
Career Walker received a publishing contract for two novels, and she wrote the coming out story The Year of Freaking Out in 1997. She began her screen writing career with the serial drama Breakers. Following its cancellation, she moved onto Home and Away and All Saints. She helped create the character Charlotte Beaumont (played by Tammy MacIntosh), who was initially a lesbian; however, when Walker left the serial, Charlotte became straight. Walker has written for Neighbours, HeadLand, and A Place To Call Home. She helped develop Winners & Losers, and co-created Wonderland. She has also worked on Wentworth.
In 2016, Walker received an Australian Writers' Guild nomination for "Episode 6381" of Home and Away in the Best Script for a Television Serial category.
In 2023, she was announced as part of the writing team for the second series of The Twelve. She also wrote an episode for the SBS series Erotic Stories.
Selected credits +YearTitleRoleNotes2025The Old Guard 2WriterMovie2025The Last AnniversaryWriter, script producer2 episodes2022-presentThe TwelveWriter, executive producer8 episodes 2023Erotic StoriesWriter1 episodeMother and SonWriter3 episodes2020-22The Secrets She KeepsWriter, developer, executive producer7 episodes2019Bad MothersWriter1 episode2017The Wrong GirlWriter1 episode2015Home and Away: An Eye for an EyeWriterTV movie2014-19NeighboursWriter58 episodes2013-15WentworthWriter, script consultant7 episodesWonderlandWriter, script producer44 episodes2013A Place to Call HomeWriter1 episode2011Winners & LosersScript producer8 episodes2005HeadLandWriter1 episode2001-05All SaintsEditor, writer24 episodes2000-18Home and AwayScript consultant, writer289 episodes1998-99BreakersStory editor429 episodes
Books Simple Things - published by Pan Macmillan, 1996 The Year of Freaking Out - published by Pan Macmillan, 1997 Camphor Laurel - published by Pan Macmillan, 1998 (Winner Honour Children's Book of the Year) Water Colours - published by Hodder, 2000 If Only - published by Published by Hodder Headline, 2001 The Tin Man - published by Allen & Unwin, 2000 Lucky Three - published by Hodder, 2003
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