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{{Short description|Australian author, screenwriter and commentator}}
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'''Maria Lewis''' is a journalist, author, and pop culture commentator from [[Sydney]], [[Australia]].
'''Maria Lewis''' is an author, screenwriter and pop culture commentator from [[Australia]].


== Early life and education ==
== Early life and education ==
Lewis was born in [[New Zealand]] on the South Island<ref>{{cite web|title=Matter Of Life And Death Says Author|url=https://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/lifestyle/matter-of-life-and-death-says-author-maria-lewis/news-story/4cf6f4ac3f672508778b5ef86922f5fa|publisher=Gold Coast Bulletin}}</ref> before moving to the [[Gold Coast, Queensland|Gold Coast]], [[Queensland]].
Lewis was born in [[New Zealand]] on the South Island<ref>{{cite web|title=Matter Of Life And Death Says Author|url=https://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/lifestyle/matter-of-life-and-death-says-author-maria-lewis/news-story/4cf6f4ac3f672508778b5ef86922f5fa|publisher=Gold Coast Bulletin}}</ref> before moving to the [[Gold Coast, Queensland|Gold Coast]], [[Queensland]]. She started her journalism career as a teenager at the [[Gold Coast Bulletin]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Author Lets Out Werewolf Inside |url=https://www.themorningbulletin.com.au/news/author-lets-out-the-werewolf-inside/2936014/ |publisher=Sunshine Coast Daily}}</ref> covering crime and general news. Her work on pop culture has appeared in publications such as ''[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]'', ''[[Penthouse (magazine)|Penthouse]]'', ''[[Junkee]]'', ''[[New York Post]]'', ''[[The Guardian]]'', ''[[i09]]'', ''The Daily'' and ''[[Sunday Telegraph]]'', ''[[BuzzFeed]]'', and others.


== Career ==
== Career ==
Lewis was known for her role as a panelist, presenter, writer and producer<ref>{{cite web|title=Maria Lewis|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6803160/|publisher=IMDB}}</ref> on [[SBS (Australian TV channel)|SBS]] [[Viceland]]'s nightly news program [[The Feed (Australian TV series)|The Feed]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sbs.com.au/news/thefeed/article/2016/05/24/armoured-boobs-and-calling-nonsense-ingrained-sexism-fantasy|title=Armoured boobs and calling nonsense on ingrained sexism in fantasy}}</ref> and is an ambassador for the Australian Stroke Foundation<ref>{{cite web|title=Maria Lewis|url=https://strokefoundation.org.au/Stroke-Stories/2015/05/12/Maria-Lewis|publisher=Australian Stroke Foundation}}</ref> after surviving a [[Transient ischemic attack]] (TIA) when she was twenty-two.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Stroke Patients Slipping Through The Cracks|url=https://www.doctorportal.com.au/mjainsight/2017/16/the-stroke-patients-slipping-through-the-cracks/|publisher=MJA InSight}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Young Stroke Survivors In Australia|url=https://www.sbs.com.au/news/the-feed/young-stroke-survivors-in-australia-the-face-you-wouldn-t-expect|publisher=SBS Australia}}</ref> She was the writer, researcher, host and producer of audio documentaries ''Josie and the Podcats'' – which looked at the 2001 cult film [[Josie and the Pussycats (film)|''Josie and the Pussycats'']]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Wells|first=Peter|date=2020-07-07|title=Pussycats podcast dives deep on a cult classic flop|url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/tv-and-radio/pussycats-podcast-dives-deep-on-a-cult-classic-flop-20200706-p559b9.html|access-date=2021-04-27|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en}}</ref> – and ''The Phantom Never Dies'',<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-02-20 |title=Behind the Mask of the Vigilante That Helped Define More Than Just Future Superheroes |url=https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2022/02/the-phantom-never-dies-podcast-interview/ |access-date=2022-10-31 |website=Gizmodo Australia |language=en-AU}}</ref> about the world’s first superhero, [[The Phantom]]. Lewis won the 2022 Audio - Non-Fiction [[AWGIE Awards|AWGIE Award]] for episode two of the series - ''The Phantom Never Dies: ‘Fantomen’''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Slatter |first=Sean |date=2022-11-17 |title=Frances Elliott, Samantha Marlowe win major prize at AWGIE Awards |url=https://if.com.au/frances-elliott-samantha-marlowe-win-major-prize-at-awgie-awards/ |access-date=2022-12-05 |website=IF Magazine |language=en-AU}}</ref> - and silver at the Australian Podcast Awards for Best Arts & Culture program,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mediaweek |date=24 November 2022 |title=Podcast Week: Michael Hutchence, The Phantom, Spotify |url=https://www.mediaweek.com.au/podcast-week-michael-hutchence-the-phantom-spotify/ |website=Mediaweek}}</ref> along with a nomination for Presenter Of The Year at the Radio Today Podcast Awards.<ref>{{Citation |title=The Phantom Never Dies - Maria Lewis Award Acceptance Speech |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzOgZvZJfdE |language=en |access-date=2023-01-05}}</ref> In 2023, The Phantom Never Dies was awarded the [[Convenors' Award for Excellence (Aurealis Award)]] for "highlighting diverse fans and fandoms".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aurealis Awards |url=https://aurealisawards.org/ |access-date=2023-08-08 |website=Aurealis Awards |language=en}}</ref>
She started her journalism career at the age of sixteen as a cadet at the [[Gold Coast Bulletin]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Author Lets Out Werewolf Inside|url=https://www.themorningbulletin.com.au/news/author-lets-out-the-werewolf-inside/2936014/|publisher=Sunshine Coast Daily}}</ref> covering the crime and police beat for several years. Her work on pop culture has appeared in publications such as [[Empire Magazine]], [[Penthouse (magazine)|Penthouse]], [[Junkee]], [[New York Post]], [[The Guardian]], [[SFX Magazine]], News.com.au, NineMSN, [[The Daily Mail]], Film Ink, Daily Life, Spook Magazine, The Daily and [[Sunday Telegraph]], Yahoo7, SBS, [[Herald Sun]], [[BuzzFeed]], ABC, WHO Weekly and [[Bloody Disgusting]].


She primarily works as a screenwriter for film and television, including projects for AMC, Netflix, SBS, Ubisoft, ABC, Stan, DC Comics, and has curated seasons at the [[ACMI (museum)|Australian Centre for the Moving Image]] on ''[[Creature from the Black Lagoon]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |title=ACMI screens monster mash classic Creature from the Black Lagoon in stunning 3D |url=http://www.acmi.net.au/about/media/media-releases/acmi-screens-monster-mash-classic-creature-from-the-black-lagoon-in-stunning-3D/ |access-date=2023-01-05 |website=www.acmi.net.au |language=en}}</ref> Aussie neo-noir (titled ''Yeah Noir''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Yeah Noir {{!}} 18 Nov 2021 – 10 Apr 2022 |url=http://www.acmi.net.au/whats-on/yeah-noir/ |access-date=2023-01-05 |website=www.acmi.net.au |language=en}}</ref>), Australian rom-coms (''Yeah The Girls'') and cult classics like [[Birds of Prey (2020 film)|Birds Of Prey]], [[Candyman (1992 film)|''Candyman'']] and [[Mad Max: Fury Road]] (''ACMI Watches'').<ref>{{Cite web |title=Yeah The Girls {{!}} 4 Jul – 28 Aug 2021 |url=http://www.acmi.net.au/whats-on/yeah-the-girls/ |access-date=2023-01-05 |website=www.acmi.net.au |language=en}}</ref> Her Aurealis Award and Ditmar Award-nominated short story The House That Hungers was adapted into a short film starring [[Bureau of Magical Things|Kimie Tsuakoshi]] in the lead role, with Lewis serving as writer, director, and producer.<ref>{{Cite web |last=O'Brien |first=Kerrie |date=2021-06-18 |title=Recasting monsters as women: lunch with Maria Lewis |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/books/recasting-monsters-as-women-lunch-with-maria-lewis-20210608-p57z3n.html |access-date=2022-10-31 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref> It premiered at [[Supanova Expo|Supanova]] in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kornits |first=Dov |date=2023-06-02 |title=Maria Lewis Goes Supanova |url=https://www.filmink.com.au/maria-lewis-goes-supanova/ |access-date=2023-08-08 |website=FilmInk |language=en-AU}}</ref>
Lewis is best known for her role as a panelist, presenter, writer and producer<ref>{{cite web|title=Maria Lewis|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6803160/|publisher=IMDB}}</ref> on [[SBS (Australian TV channel)|SBS]] [[Viceland]]'s nightly news program [[The Feed (Australian TV series)|The Feed]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sbs.com.au/news/thefeed/article/2016/05/24/armoured-boobs-and-calling-nonsense-ingrained-sexism-fantasy|title=Armoured boobs and calling nonsense on ingrained sexism in fantasy}}</ref> and hosting [[ABC (Australian TV channel)|ABC]]'s [[Cleverman]] live after-show, Cleverfan<ref>{{cite web|title=ABC Indigenous Live At 9pm|url=https://twitter.com/ABCiview/status/882913281366671360|publisher=ABC iView}}</ref> for ABC.


== Writing ==
== Writing ==
Lewis is the author of several books and short stories. Her debut novel Who's Afraid? was published globally in 2016,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/sydney-confidential/whos-afraid-of-harry-potter-not-former-sydney-confidential-staffer-maria-lewis/news-story/5b646c064cc909e4f4fac0999323c358|title=Who's afraid of Harry Potter not former Sydney Confidential staffer Maria Lewes}}</ref> followed by its sequel Who's Afraid Too? in 2017. Both follow protagonist Tommi Grayson from [[Dundee]], Scotland,<ref>{{cite web|title=Voyage of discovery as Kiwi author sets novel in Scottish city she'd never even visited|url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/celebrity-interviews/voyage-discovery-kiwi-author-sets-8670202|publisher=The Daily Record}}</ref> a female [[werewolf]], and are supposed to be a twist on [[Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde]] as well as "examining the feminine grotesque and the idea of female monsters".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://goodreadingmagazine.wordpress.com/2016/02/13/2477/|title=Feminism, She-Hulk and werewolves: An interview with Maria Lewis}}</ref> Who's Afraid Too? was nominated for an Aurealis Award in 2018 for Best Horror Novel.<ref>{{cite web|title=Aurealis Awards 2017 Shortlist|url=https://www.hachette.com.au/news/aurealis-awards-2017-shortlist|publisher=Hachette Australia}}</ref> In 2017, it was reported<ref>{{cite web|title=Who's Afraid? To Become A TV Series|url=http://www.darkhorizons.com/whos-afraid-to-become-a-tv-series/|publisher=Dark Horizons}}</ref> that Who's Afraid? was optioned for television by Queensland production company Hoodlum Entertainment.<ref>{{cite web|title=Who's Afraid? Optioned For TV|url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2017/04/26/89425/whos-afraid-optioned-for-tv/|publisher=Books And Publishing}}</ref> She made her Young Adult debut with It Came From The Deep,<ref>{{cite web|title=Best-Selling Feminist Author Maria Lewis Releases New Book ‘It Came From The Deep’|url=https://girltalkhq.com/best-selling-feminist-author-maria-lewis-releases-new-book-came-deep/|publisher=GirlTalkHQ}}</ref> which was self-published in 2017 and follows a teenager who discovers a merman living in a lake on the Gold Coast, [[Australia]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Maria Lewis Is Back From The Deep|url=https://2ser.com/gaggle-geeks-maria-lewis-back-deep/|publisher=2SER 107.3FM}}</ref>
Lewis is the author of several award-winning books and short stories. Her debut novel ''Who's Afraid?'' was published globally in 2015<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/sydney-confidential/whos-afraid-of-harry-potter-not-former-sydney-confidential-staffer-maria-lewis/news-story/5b646c064cc909e4f4fac0999323c358|title=Who's afraid of Harry Potter not former Sydney Confidential staffer Maria Lewes}}</ref> and kickstarted the eight-book ''Supernatural Sisters'' series which "examined the feminine grotesque and the idea of female monsters".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://goodreadingmagazine.wordpress.com/2016/02/13/2477/|title=Feminism, She-Hulk and werewolves: An interview with Maria Lewis}}</ref> Each novel of the series featured a different type of classic [[Monster|mythological monster]] as its main character, with characters and timelines overlapping before the finale, Her Fierce Creatures, which was published in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Piatkus secures rights to finale in Supernatural Sisters series {{!}} The Bookseller|url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/piatkus-secures-rights-finale-supernatural-sisters-series-1223415|access-date=2021-04-27|website=www.thebookseller.com}}</ref> The series was nominated for several awards, including an [[Aurealis Award]] in 2018 for [[Aurealis Award for Best Horror Novel|Best Horror Novel]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Aurealis Awards 2017 Shortlist|url=https://www.hachette.com.au/news/aurealis-awards-2017-shortlist|publisher=Hachette Australia}}</ref> for ''Who's Afraid Too?'', and the [[Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Novel]] for ''The Wailing Woman'' and ''The Rose Daughter'' in 2020 and 2022, respectively.<ref>{{Cite web |last=aaconvenor |date=2022-04-05 |title=2021 Aurealis Awards Shortlist Announcement |url=https://aurealisawards.org/2022/04/06/2021-aurealis-awards-shortlist-announcement/ |access-date=2022-10-31 |website=Aurealis Awards |language=en}}</ref> Her fourth book, ''The Witch Who Courted Death'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thewest.com.au/entertainment/books/maria-lewis-on-her-new-book-the-witch-who-courted-death-ng-b881004864z|title=Horror author Maria Lewis on witches and werewolves|date=2018-10-29|website=The West Australian|language=en|access-date=2019-10-28}}</ref> won the [[Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Novel]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2019/05/06/132531/aurealis-awards-2018-announced/|title=Aurealis Awards 2018 announced {{!}} Books+Publishing|last=Mem: 34921376|language=en-AU|access-date=2019-10-28}}</ref> in 2019.

Lewis' first crime-fiction novel, ''The Graveyard Shift'' - was acquired by [[Angry Robot]] and announced on Halloween 2022, with [[The Bookseller]] calling it "slasher-crime for the millennial generation". She told the publication: "The Graveyard Shift is the realisation of a lifelong dream of mine: to write a [[Slasher film|slasher]]".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Datura Books snares 'slasher-crime for the millennial generation' by Lewis |url=https://www.thebookseller.com/rights/datura-books-snares-slasher-crime-for-the-millennial-generation-by-lewis |access-date=2023-01-05 |website=The Bookseller |language=En}}</ref> She was named as the author of Mockingbird: Strike Out, a new novel from Marvel featuring [[S.H.I.E.L.D.]] Agent and super-spy [[Mockingbird (Marvel Comics)|Bobbi Morse]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mockingbird: Strike Out by Maria Lewis – Aconyte Books |url=https://aconytebooks.com/shop/mockingbird-strike-out-by-maria-lewis/ |access-date=2023-01-05 |language=en-GB}}</ref> The novel sees her team up with [[S.T.R.I.K.E.]]'s [[Lance Hunter]] following her divorce from Clint Barton aka [[Hawkeye (Clint Barton)|Hawkeye]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Mockingbird-Strike-Out/Maria-Lewis/Marvel-Heroines/9781839082177 |title=Mockingbird: Strike Out |date=2023-06-06 |isbn=978-1-83908-217-7 |language=en}}</ref> She is the author of the ''[[Assassin's Creed]]'' novel ''Mirage – Daughter of No One'', which serves as a tie-in to the video game ''[[Assassin's Creed Mirage]]'' (2023) and explores the backstory of one of the game's major characters, Roshan.


== Bibliography ==
== Bibliography ==

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* ''Hot Stuff: Surfing Love'' (Caruso, Lewis, Sinclair. Woods: Jan 1, 2016: Harper Collins Publishers Australia)<ref>{{cite web|title=Hot Stuff: Surfing Love|url=http://www.harpercollins.com.au/9781460706527/|publisher=Harper Collins}}</ref>
=== Novels ===
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* ''Who's Afraid?'' (Lewis: Jan 12, 2016: Hachette Australia)(Lewis: July 14, 2016: Piatkus UK)(Lewis: Sep 21, 2017: Piatkus UK)<ref>{{cite web|title=Who's Afraid?|url=https://www.littlebrown.co.uk/Books/detail.page?isbn=9780349408989|publisher=Little Brown Book Group}}</ref>

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* ''Doing It: A Sex Positive Anthology'' (Pickering, Lewis et al.: August 29, 2016: University Of Queensland Press)<ref>{{cite web|title=Doing It|url=https://www.uqp.uq.edu.au/Book.aspx/1402/Doing%20It|publisher=University Of Queensland Press}}</ref>
* ''Mockingbird: Strike Out'' (Lewis: 6 June 2023: Aconyte)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mockingbird: Strike Out by Maria Lewis – Aconyte Books |url=https://aconytebooks.com/shop/mockingbird-strike-out-by-maria-lewis/ |access-date=2023-01-05 |language=en-GB}}</ref>
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* ''Who's Afraid Too?'' (Lewis: Jan 21, 2017: Hachette Australia) (Lewis: July 14, 2017: Piatkus UK) (Lewis: Nov 2, 2017: Piatkus UK)<ref>{{cite web|title=Who's Afraid Too?|url=https://www.littlebrown.co.uk/books/detail.page?isbn=9780349411156|publisher=Little Brown Books}}</ref>
* ''The Graveyard Shift'' (Lewis: 10 October 2023, Angry Robot)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Datura Books snares 'slasher-crime for the millennial generation' by Lewis |url=https://www.thebookseller.com/rights/datura-books-snares-slasher-crime-for-the-millennial-generation-by-lewis |access-date=2023-01-05 |website=The Bookseller |language=En}}</ref>
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* ''And Then... The Great Big Book Of Awesome Adventure Tales: Volume 2'' (Goodman, Lewis, Nette et al: August 7, 2017: Clan Destine Press)<ref>{{cite web|title=And Then...|url=https://www.clandestinepress.com.au/node/539|publisher=Clan Destine Press}}</ref>
* ''It Came From The Deep'' (Lewis: Oct 21, 2017: ePub)<ref>{{cite web|title=It Came From The Deep|url=https://www.amazon.com.au/Came-Deep-Maria-Lewis-ebook/dp/B078YMT5DB|publisher=Amazon}}</ref>
* ''Assassin's Creed Mirage – Daughter of No One'' (Lewis: 7 November 2023: Aconyte)<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Assassins-Creed-Mirage-Daughter-of-No-One/Maria-Lewis/Assassin-s-Creed/9781839082801 |title=Assassin's Creed Mirage: Daughter of No One |date=2023-11-07 |isbn=978-1-83908-280-1 |language=en}}</ref>

'''Supernatural Sisters'''
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* ''Who's Afraid?'' - Supernatural Sisters #1 (Lewis: 12 December 2015: Hachette Australia) (Lewis: 14 July 2016: Piatkus UK)<ref>{{cite web|title=Who's Afraid?|url=https://www.littlebrown.co.uk/Books/detail.page?isbn=9780349408989|publisher=Little Brown Book Group}}</ref>
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* ''Who's Afraid Too?'' - Supernatural Sisters #2 (Lewis: 21 Jan 2017: Hachette Australia) (Lewis: 14 July 2017: Piatkus UK)<ref>{{cite web|title=Who's Afraid Too?|url=https://www.littlebrown.co.uk/books/detail.page?isbn=9780349411156|publisher=Little Brown Books}}</ref>
* ''It Came From The Deep'' - Supernatural Sisters #3 (Lewis: 21 October 2017: IngramSpark)<ref>{{cite web|title=It Came From The Deep|url=https://www.amazon.com.au/Came-Deep-Maria-Lewis-ebook/dp/B078YMT5DB|publisher=Amazon}}</ref>
*''The Witch Who Courted Death'' - Supernatural Sisters #4 (Lewis: 31 October 2018: Hachette Australia) (Lewis: 9 March 2019: Piatkus UK)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.littlebrown.co.uk/books/detail.page?isbn=9780349421278|title=Maria Lewis - The Witch Who Courted Death - Little, Brown Book Group|language=en-GB}}</ref>
*''The Wailing Woman'' - Supernatural Sisters #5 (Lewis: 1 November 2019: Hachette Australia) (Lewis: 9 March 2020: Piatkus UK)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.littlebrown.co.uk/titles/maria-lewis-3/the-wailing-woman/9780349421308/|title=The Wailing Woman|date=2019-04-10|language=en-US}}</ref>
*''Who's Still Afraid?'' - Supernatural Sisters #6 (Lewis: 21 October 2020: IngramSpark)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Who's Still Afraid? : Maria Lewis : 9780648971306|url=https://www.bookdepository.com/Whos-Still-Afraid-Maria-Lewis/9780648971306|access-date=2021-04-27|website=www.bookdepository.com}}</ref>
*''The Rose Daughter'' - Supernatural Sisters #7 (Lewis: 6 April 2021: Hachette Australia) (Lewis: 21 October 2021: Piatkus UK)<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Rose Daughter: an enchanting feminist fantasy from the winner of the 2019 Aurealis Award by Maria Lewis - Books|url=https://www.hachette.com.au/maria-lewis/the-rose-daughter-an-enchanting-feminist-fantasy-from-the-winner-of-the-2019-aurealis-award|access-date=2021-04-27|website=www.hachette.com.au}}</ref>
*''Her Fierce Creatures'' - Supernatural Sisters #8 (Lewis: 13 March 2022: Hachette Australia) (Lewis: 4 October 2022: Piatkus UK)<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/maria-lewis/her-fierce-creatures/9780349427256/ |title=Her Fierce Creatures |date=2021-04-07 |isbn=978-0-349-42725-6 |language=en-US}}</ref>

=== Short stories ===
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* ''Hot Stuff: Surfing Love'' (Caruso, Lewis, Sinclair. Woods: 1 Jan 2016: HarperCollins Publishers Australia)<ref>{{cite web|title=Hot Stuff: Surfing Love|url=http://www.harpercollins.com.au/9781460706527/|publisher=Harper Collins}}</ref>
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* ''Doing It: A Sex Positive Anthology'' (Pickering, Ford, Lewis et al: 29 August 2016: University Of Queensland Press)<ref>{{cite web|title=Doing It|url=https://www.uqp.uq.edu.au/Book.aspx/1402/Doing%20It|publisher=University Of Queensland Press}}</ref>
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* ''And Then... The Great Big Book Of Awesome Adventure Tales: Volume 2'' (Goodman, Lewis, Nette et al.: 7 August 2017: Clan Destine Press)<ref>{{cite web|title=And Then...|url=https://www.clandestinepress.com.au/node/539|publisher=Clan Destine Press}}</ref>
*''Tales From Kayfabia: The Unfortunate Origins of [[Jimmy Havoc]] Audio Short Story'' (Lewis: 2 November 2018: Conco and the Fudge)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gooneytoons.bigcartel.com/product/tales-from-kayfabia-the-unfortunate-origins-of-jimmy-havoc-audio-short-story|title=Tales From Kayfabia: The Unfortunate Origins of Jimmy Havoc Audio Short Story|last=Toons|first=Gooney|website=Gooney Toons|access-date=2019-10-28}}</ref>
*''The Otherworld Sister -'' Supernatural Sisters #4.5 (Lewis: 21 September 2020: IngramSpark)<ref>{{Cite web |title=THE OTHERWORLD SISTER |url=https://shoutout.wix.com/so/c6NIVVzXF |access-date=2023-01-05 |website=shoutout.wix.com |language=en}}</ref>
*''The House That Hungers'' (Lewis: 13 November 2021: Aurealis #146)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aurealis #146 — Aurealis |url=https://aurealis.com.au/store/aurealis-146-copy/ |access-date=2022-10-31 |website=aurealis.com.au}}</ref>
*''Damnation Games'' (Baxter, Lee, Anderton, Lewis et al: 1 November 2022: Clan Destine Press)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Damnation Games |url=https://www.clandestinepress.net/products/damnation-games |access-date=2022-10-31 |website=Clan Destine Press}}</ref>


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Latest revision as of 07:08, 22 August 2024

For the British writer and biographer, see Maria Theresa Lewis. For the Union Civil War soldier, see Maria Lewis (soldier). For the mistress of Alexander Hamilton, see Maria Reynolds.

Maria Lewis
BornNew Zealand
OccupationAuthor, screenwriter, journalist
NationalityAustralian/New Zealand
Website
marialewis.com.au

Maria Lewis is an author, screenwriter and pop culture commentator from Australia.

Early life and education

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Lewis was born in New Zealand on the South Island[1] before moving to the Gold Coast, Queensland. She started her journalism career as a teenager at the Gold Coast Bulletin,[2] covering crime and general news. Her work on pop culture has appeared in publications such as Empire, Penthouse, Junkee, New York Post, The Guardian, i09, The Daily and Sunday Telegraph, BuzzFeed, and others.

Career

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Lewis was known for her role as a panelist, presenter, writer and producer[3] on SBS Viceland's nightly news program The Feed[4] and is an ambassador for the Australian Stroke Foundation[5] after surviving a Transient ischemic attack (TIA) when she was twenty-two.[6][7] She was the writer, researcher, host and producer of audio documentaries Josie and the Podcats – which looked at the 2001 cult film Josie and the Pussycats[8] – and The Phantom Never Dies,[9] about the world’s first superhero, The Phantom. Lewis won the 2022 Audio - Non-Fiction AWGIE Award for episode two of the series - The Phantom Never Dies: ‘Fantomen’[10] - and silver at the Australian Podcast Awards for Best Arts & Culture program,[11] along with a nomination for Presenter Of The Year at the Radio Today Podcast Awards.[12] In 2023, The Phantom Never Dies was awarded the Convenors' Award for Excellence (Aurealis Award) for "highlighting diverse fans and fandoms".[13]

She primarily works as a screenwriter for film and television, including projects for AMC, Netflix, SBS, Ubisoft, ABC, Stan, DC Comics, and has curated seasons at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image on Creature from the Black Lagoon,[14] Aussie neo-noir (titled Yeah Noir[15]), Australian rom-coms (Yeah The Girls) and cult classics like Birds Of Prey, Candyman and Mad Max: Fury Road (ACMI Watches).[16] Her Aurealis Award and Ditmar Award-nominated short story The House That Hungers was adapted into a short film starring Kimie Tsuakoshi in the lead role, with Lewis serving as writer, director, and producer.[17] It premiered at Supanova in 2023.[18]

Writing

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Lewis is the author of several award-winning books and short stories. Her debut novel Who's Afraid? was published globally in 2015[19] and kickstarted the eight-book Supernatural Sisters series which "examined the feminine grotesque and the idea of female monsters".[20] Each novel of the series featured a different type of classic mythological monster as its main character, with characters and timelines overlapping before the finale, Her Fierce Creatures, which was published in 2022.[21] The series was nominated for several awards, including an Aurealis Award in 2018 for Best Horror Novel[22] for Who's Afraid Too?, and the Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Novel for The Wailing Woman and The Rose Daughter in 2020 and 2022, respectively.[23] Her fourth book, The Witch Who Courted Death,[24] won the Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Novel[25] in 2019.

Lewis' first crime-fiction novel, The Graveyard Shift - was acquired by Angry Robot and announced on Halloween 2022, with The Bookseller calling it "slasher-crime for the millennial generation". She told the publication: "The Graveyard Shift is the realisation of a lifelong dream of mine: to write a slasher".[26] She was named as the author of Mockingbird: Strike Out, a new novel from Marvel featuring S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent and super-spy Bobbi Morse.[27] The novel sees her team up with S.T.R.I.K.E.'s Lance Hunter following her divorce from Clint Barton aka Hawkeye.[28] She is the author of the Assassin's Creed novel Mirage – Daughter of No One, which serves as a tie-in to the video game Assassin's Creed Mirage (2023) and explores the backstory of one of the game's major characters, Roshan.

Bibliography

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Novels

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  • Mockingbird: Strike Out (Lewis: 6 June 2023: Aconyte)[29]
  • The Graveyard Shift (Lewis: 10 October 2023, Angry Robot)[30]
  • Assassin's Creed Mirage – Daughter of No One (Lewis: 7 November 2023: Aconyte)[31]

Supernatural Sisters

  • Who's Afraid? - Supernatural Sisters #1 (Lewis: 12 December 2015: Hachette Australia) (Lewis: 14 July 2016: Piatkus UK)[32]
  • Who's Afraid Too? - Supernatural Sisters #2 (Lewis: 21 Jan 2017: Hachette Australia) (Lewis: 14 July 2017: Piatkus UK)[33]
  • It Came From The Deep - Supernatural Sisters #3 (Lewis: 21 October 2017: IngramSpark)[34]
  • The Witch Who Courted Death - Supernatural Sisters #4 (Lewis: 31 October 2018: Hachette Australia) (Lewis: 9 March 2019: Piatkus UK)[35]
  • The Wailing Woman - Supernatural Sisters #5 (Lewis: 1 November 2019: Hachette Australia) (Lewis: 9 March 2020: Piatkus UK)[36]
  • Who's Still Afraid? - Supernatural Sisters #6 (Lewis: 21 October 2020: IngramSpark)[37]
  • The Rose Daughter - Supernatural Sisters #7 (Lewis: 6 April 2021: Hachette Australia) (Lewis: 21 October 2021: Piatkus UK)[38]
  • Her Fierce Creatures - Supernatural Sisters #8 (Lewis: 13 March 2022: Hachette Australia) (Lewis: 4 October 2022: Piatkus UK)[39]

Short stories

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  • Hot Stuff: Surfing Love (Caruso, Lewis, Sinclair. Woods: 1 Jan 2016: HarperCollins Publishers Australia)[40]
  • Doing It: A Sex Positive Anthology (Pickering, Ford, Lewis et al: 29 August 2016: University Of Queensland Press)[41]
  • And Then... The Great Big Book Of Awesome Adventure Tales: Volume 2 (Goodman, Lewis, Nette et al.: 7 August 2017: Clan Destine Press)[42]
  • Tales From Kayfabia: The Unfortunate Origins of Jimmy Havoc Audio Short Story (Lewis: 2 November 2018: Conco and the Fudge)[43]
  • The Otherworld Sister - Supernatural Sisters #4.5 (Lewis: 21 September 2020: IngramSpark)[44]
  • The House That Hungers (Lewis: 13 November 2021: Aurealis #146)[45]
  • Damnation Games (Baxter, Lee, Anderton, Lewis et al: 1 November 2022: Clan Destine Press)[46]

References

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  1. ^ "Matter Of Life And Death Says Author". Gold Coast Bulletin.
  2. ^ "Author Lets Out Werewolf Inside". Sunshine Coast Daily.
  3. ^ "Maria Lewis". IMDB.
  4. ^ "Armoured boobs and calling nonsense on ingrained sexism in fantasy".
  5. ^ "Maria Lewis". Australian Stroke Foundation.
  6. ^ "The Stroke Patients Slipping Through The Cracks". MJA InSight.
  7. ^ "Young Stroke Survivors In Australia". SBS Australia.
  8. ^ Wells, Peter (7 July 2020). "Pussycats podcast dives deep on a cult classic flop". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  9. ^ "Behind the Mask of the Vigilante That Helped Define More Than Just Future Superheroes". Gizmodo Australia. 20 February 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  10. ^ Slatter, Sean (17 November 2022). "Frances Elliott, Samantha Marlowe win major prize at AWGIE Awards". IF Magazine. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  11. ^ Mediaweek (24 November 2022). "Podcast Week: Michael Hutchence, The Phantom, Spotify". Mediaweek.
  12. ^ The Phantom Never Dies - Maria Lewis Award Acceptance Speech, retrieved 5 January 2023
  13. ^ "Aurealis Awards". Aurealis Awards. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  14. ^ "ACMI screens monster mash classic Creature from the Black Lagoon in stunning 3D". www.acmi.net.au. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  15. ^ "Yeah Noir | 18 Nov 2021 – 10 Apr 2022". www.acmi.net.au. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  16. ^ "Yeah The Girls | 4 Jul – 28 Aug 2021". www.acmi.net.au. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  17. ^ O'Brien, Kerrie (18 June 2021). "Recasting monsters as women: lunch with Maria Lewis". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  18. ^ Kornits, Dov (2 June 2023). "Maria Lewis Goes Supanova". FilmInk. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  19. ^ "Who's afraid of Harry Potter not former Sydney Confidential staffer Maria Lewes".
  20. ^ "Feminism, She-Hulk and werewolves: An interview with Maria Lewis".
  21. ^ "Piatkus secures rights to finale in Supernatural Sisters series | The Bookseller". www.thebookseller.com. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  22. ^ "Aurealis Awards 2017 Shortlist". Hachette Australia.
  23. ^ aaconvenor (5 April 2022). "2021 Aurealis Awards Shortlist Announcement". Aurealis Awards. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  24. ^ "Horror author Maria Lewis on witches and werewolves". The West Australian. 29 October 2018. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  25. ^ Mem: 34921376. "Aurealis Awards 2018 announced | Books+Publishing". Retrieved 28 October 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  26. ^ "Datura Books snares 'slasher-crime for the millennial generation' by Lewis". The Bookseller. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  27. ^ "Mockingbird: Strike Out by Maria Lewis – Aconyte Books". Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  28. ^ Mockingbird: Strike Out. 6 June 2023. ISBN 978-1-83908-217-7.
  29. ^ "Mockingbird: Strike Out by Maria Lewis – Aconyte Books". Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  30. ^ "Datura Books snares 'slasher-crime for the millennial generation' by Lewis". The Bookseller. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  31. ^ Assassin's Creed Mirage: Daughter of No One. 7 November 2023. ISBN 978-1-83908-280-1.
  32. ^ "Who's Afraid?". Little Brown Book Group.
  33. ^ "Who's Afraid Too?". Little Brown Books.
  34. ^ "It Came From The Deep". Amazon.
  35. ^ Maria Lewis - The Witch Who Courted Death - Little, Brown Book Group.
  36. ^ The Wailing Woman. 10 April 2019.
  37. ^ "Who's Still Afraid? : Maria Lewis : 9780648971306". www.bookdepository.com. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  38. ^ "The Rose Daughter: an enchanting feminist fantasy from the winner of the 2019 Aurealis Award by Maria Lewis - Books". www.hachette.com.au. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  39. ^ Her Fierce Creatures. 7 April 2021. ISBN 978-0-349-42725-6.
  40. ^ "Hot Stuff: Surfing Love". Harper Collins.
  41. ^ "Doing It". University Of Queensland Press.
  42. ^ "And Then..." Clan Destine Press.
  43. ^ Toons, Gooney. "Tales From Kayfabia: The Unfortunate Origins of Jimmy Havoc Audio Short Story". Gooney Toons. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  44. ^ "THE OTHERWORLD SISTER". shoutout.wix.com. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  45. ^ "Aurealis #146 — Aurealis". aurealis.com.au. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  46. ^ "Damnation Games". Clan Destine Press. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
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