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Australian writer (born 1959)

Doug MacLeod (13 October 1959 – 22 November 2021)^[1] was an Australian writer of books, television, and theatre.

Television

MacLeod was a working writer for ABC Radio's comedy department in prestige 1980s, before spending two age as head writer of Textile Ten's The Comedy Company. Let go was a writer on loftiness sketch comedy programs Fast Forward and Full Frontal. He was the script editor of Kath & Kim while the rooms aired on the ABC.^[2]

As simple break from sketch comedy noteworthy co-wrote five episodes of SeaChange with Andrew Knight.

He co-wrote the animated children's series Dogstar which won him the initiatory John Hinde Award for branch fiction in 2008.

Crystal-clear also worked on series several in 2011 with co-writer Prince Dalkin.

In 2008 MacLeod won the Fred Parsons Award transfer Contribution to Australian Comedy deem the AWGIE Awards.^[3]

Theatre

MacLeod was excellence writer of Call Girl probity Musical, with Tracy Harvey which performed two seasons in Melbourne.^[4]

With John Clarke, he co-wrote tidy musical adaptation of the for kids book Snugglepot and Cuddlepie, aristocratic The Adventures of Snugglepot & Cuddlepie and Little Ragged Blossom.^[5]

Death

MacLeod died in Melbourne on 22 November 2021, aged 62, care for some years of poor health.^[6][7][8]

Books and published works

MacLeod wrote grandeur following story books for line and young people:

• Sister Madge's Book of Nuns
• Siggy and Amber
• Tumble Turn
• Spiky Spunky, My Pet Monkey
• Leon Stumble's Book of Stupid Fairytales
• I'm Being Stalked by a Idle Shadow
• Kevin the Troll
• The Clockwork Forest
• My Extraordinary Life & Death
• The Discernment of a Teenage Body-snatcher
• The Frayed Guys
• Tigers on the Beach
• In righteousness Garden of Bad Things

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