About

Zahid Gamieldien is an Australian author, screenwriter, editor and writing tutor. His debut novel will be published in 2024 and has been optioned to be developed into a television series.

He is currently working on his second novel, as well as writing short fiction and developing other screenwriting projects.

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Fiction

Latest

All the Missing Children – novel to be published by Ultimo Press in 2024; supported by major Create NSW grant

Selected other work

The Children – published as part of Platypus Press’s excellent “shorts” series

Pyrene – published in Overland and recorded for the podcast Lucky Punk

Three Deaths – published in Meanjin

A Barn with a Belfry – available to read for Kill Your Darlings subscribers

The Coast – prizewinner in the Bath Flash Fiction Awards

Contribution to What I’m Reading column – published in Meanjin

Attribution – published in Overland

Asya, On Her Fortieth Wedding Anniversary – published in Island Magazine (available to buy)

Holiday – published in the Newcastle Short Story Anthology

The Boy Who Believed in Magic – published in Mascara Literary Review

Looking Into a Beechwood Shack (2007) – selected for “best of” UTS Writers’ Anthology 1982-2022

The Thorny Nature of Belonging – published in Landfall (book review)

A Creature of Intelligence – published in Tincture Journal (available to buy)

Screenwriting

Selected work

All the Missing Children – TV series based on novel (optioned; work-in-progress)

Arabian Surfer – TV series in early development (work-in-progress; series created by Johnny Moubarak)

Falling into the Ocean – proof of concept short film (co-written by Johnny Moubarak)

Australian Monsters – finalist in C21’s Drama Series Script Competition (co-written by Ella Roby)

Lacuna – top 30 in AMC One-Hour Pilot Award at the Austin Film Festival (co-written by Ella Roby)

Portalgate – nominated for the Australian Writers’ Guild’s John Hinde Award and included in its Pathways Showcase (co-written by Ella Roby)

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Screenwriting

Selected work

All the Missing Children – TV series based on novel (optioned; work-in-progress)

Arabian Surfer – TV series in early development (work-in-progress; series created by Johnny Moubarak)

Falling into the Ocean – proof of concept short film (co-written by Johnny Moubarak)

Australian Monsters – finalist in C21’s Drama Series Script Competition (co-written by Ella Roby)

Lacuna – top 30 in AMC One-Hour Pilot Award at the Austin Film Festival (co-written by Ella Roby)

Portalgate – nominated for the Australian Writers’ Guild’s John Hinde Award and included in its Pathways Showcase (co-written by Ella Roby