Melanie Alexander is a multi-award winning screenwriter and has worked at SLR Productions where she has been in charge of writing and development on productions. Alexander has been in the writing industry for 16 years and is a highly acclaimed children’s television writer for many award winning series. She has been the Script Producer and Editor of successful SLR TV series such as the adapted UK picture books Captain Flinn and The Pirate Dinosaurs, and the acclaimed classic property~ Guess How Much I Love You™.
She also teaches Writing for Children’s Television at the Australian Film, TV and Radio School and her writing career spans live-action, puppetry, animation, multimedia platforms and character costume plays. She has a background in teaching and spent ten years teaching.