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.
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)
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