10 Facts About Wendy Richardson

Wendy Richardson, OAM was born on 1933 and is one of Australia's most popular playwrights, best known as the author of Windy Gully.

Wendy Richardson is very active in the local community, working with disabled and disadvantaged youth, assisting those in need, teaching Sunday School and participating in historical and literary events.

Wendy Richardson was born in Singleton in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales, on 21 December 1933.

Wendy Richardson was later to serve on the committee to organise the Mount Kembla Mining Disaster Centenary Commemoration in 2002.

Wendy Richardson went on to write many more plays and monologues, all performed but many not published.

Richardson's skills as a dramatist have been greatly appreciated by Theatre South, not only because of their "box office magic", but because Wendy knows how to write for a small group of players and is particularly skilled at monologue.

Wendy Richardson was nominated for a Sydney Theatre Critics Circle Award in 1989 and was awarded an Australian Arts Council Literary Fellowship in 1990.

In 2005 Wendy Richardson was awarded the Order of Australia Medal for her services to the Arts and to the Community, and in 2006 she was honoured in the Illawarra Australia Day Awards for her contribution to the Arts.

Wendy Richardson's plays have been produced by the Riverina Theatre Company and heard on ABC Radio.

Wendy Richardson was made a lifetime member of Theatre South and the South Coast Writers' Centre.