Wendy Harmer

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Wendy Harmer (born October 10, 1955 in Yarram, Australia) is an Australian author, screenplay writer, radio show host and comedienne.

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[edit] 2DAY FM

She is most notable for her hosting role of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation variety show, The Big Gig. She was also the former host of the high rating breakfast radio show The Morning Crew on 2Day FM in Sydney, which she hosted for 11 years.[1]

She was awarded the Douglas Wilkie Medal for services to non-football, by the Anti-Football League, in 1992.

[edit] Vega FM

In September 2005 Harmer started as the host of new Sydney and Melbourne radio station Vega FM but by March 2006 she quit her morning show after creative differences with management.[citation needed]

[edit] Logies Critism

She hosted the Logie Awards of 2002 and was widely criticised for her poor performance.[citation needed]

[edit] Writing Credits

Wendy is the author of six books for adults including: It's a Joke, Joyce (1989), Backstage Pass(1991) and Love Gone Wrong(1995), So anyway-- : Wendy’s words of wisdom (1997), Farewell My Ovaries (2005), Nagging for Beginners(2006), Love and Punishment (2006).

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".[2] They are popular light novels and very humorous.

Wendy has written two plays,[3] and a series of children's books in the Pearlie the Park Fairy series. There are 11 books in the Pearlie series published to date, and Harmer has adapted Pearlie in the Park for the stage. In 2005 the stage version was toured around Australia by the Monkey Baa theatre company.[4]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Speaker Details - Wendy Harmer. Saxton Speakers Bureau. Retrieved on 2008-03-09.
  2. ^ Fowler, Karen Joy (August 13, 2005), “Putting the chick into lit”, The Age, <http://www.theage.com.au/news/books/putting-the-chick-into-lit/2005/08/11/1123353432397.html> 
  3. ^ Plays by Wendy Harmer. The Playwrights Database. Retrieved on 2008-03-09.
  4. ^ Wendy Harmer's Pearlie in the Park. Monkey Baa. Retrieved on 2008-03-09.

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