# Stephen M. Irwin

Stephen M Irwin (born December, 1966) is an Australian screenwriter, producer and novelist, best known for Harrow (2018) and Secrets & Lies (2014).

## Biography

Irwin was born in Brisbane, Queensland and is the second youngest of six children. He graduated from the Queensland College of Art with tertiary qualifications in Film and Television production. Irwin continues to live in Brisbane and centres many of his stories in fictionalised Brisbane settings.

## Films & Television

| Title | Date | Medium | Notes |
| Harrow Season 2 | 2019 | TV series - ABC/ABCSi. | Writer/Producer. Starring Ioan Gruffudd, Jolene Anderson |
| Tidelands | 2018 | TV series - Netflix | Writer. Starring Charlotte Best, Mattias Inwood, Aaron Jakubenko, Elsa Pataky, Peter O'Brien |
| Harrow Season 1 | 2018 | TV series - ABC/ABCSi. | Writer/Producer. Starring Ioan Gruffudd, Mirrah Foulkes Remy Hii |
| Wake in Fright | 2017 | TV mini-series | Writer. Silver World Medal – New York Festivals Film & Television Awards (2018) |
| Australia Day | 2017 | Feature - Foxtel | Writer. Starring Bryan Brown, Shari Sebbens, Isabelle Cornish, Sean Keenan, Daniel Webber, Matthew Le Nevez. |
| Secrets & Lies (U.S. TV series) | 2015–2016 | TV series | Based upon the Australian television series created by Stephen M. Irwin. Starring Ryan Phillippe, Juliette Lewis, KaDee Strickland, Michael Ealy. |
| Secrets & Lies (Australian TV series) | 2014 | TV series | Writer. Starring Martin Henderson, Anthony Hayes. Australian Writers Guild AWGIE Winner– Interactive Media (2015) |
| Ascension | 2008 | Short | Writer/Director. (Best Short, Sci-Fi-London 2008) |
| Car Pool | 2006 | Short | Writer. Starring Kerry Armstrong. (Best Comedy, St Kilda Short Film Festival 2007 |
| Black Fury | 2005 | Short | Writer/Director. |
| The Kool-Sla Cover-up | 2003 | TV Drama | Writer/Director. SBS (S)truth. |
| Boggo Road 4102 | 2001 | Documentary | Writer/Director. |
| Boulia 4829 | 2000 | Documentary | Writer/Director. |

## Novels

Irwin is the author of two supernatural thrillers The Dead Path (2010) and The Broken Ones (2011). The Dead Path was named Top Horror Title in the American Library Association's 2011 reading list and won the Doubleday Book of the Month Club First Fiction Award 2010.

## Short Stories & Poetry

Irwin has written several short stories and poems, winning awards both Australia and overseas including The Write Stuff and New Millennium Writings.
| Title | Year | Medium | Publication | Notes |
| 24/7 | 2013 | Short Story | Anthology - A Killer Among Demons | Dark Prints Press |
| Surprise | 2013 | Short Story | Anthology - Warbirds of Mars | Quickdraw Books |
| Tail the Barney | 2011 | Short Story | Anthologies - Rage Against the Night; New Millennium Writings | |
| Hive | 2013 | Short Story | Anthology - Macabre - A Journey Through Australia's Darkest Fears | Winner, Book of the Month Club First Fiction Award (2011) |
| Bones of the Hill | 2007 | Poetry | Anthology - eclouges | Newcastle Poetry Prize Anthology |
| The Jet | 2005 | Poetry | Anthology - sunweight | Newcastle Poetry Prize Anthology |
| She Lay Among Diamonds | 2005 | Short Story | N/A | Winner, Katherine Susannah Pritchard Short Story Award |
| Emily's Breath | 2005 | Short Story | N/A | Winner, Easter Writer's Group Short Story Competition |