Michaeley O'Brien

Born in Mudgee, New South Wales, Michaeley O'Brien grew up in Gulgong and studied at Charles Sturt University in Bathurst as well as the Australian Film Television and Radio School.[http://www.mudgeeguardian.com.au/news/local/news/general/rural-start-no-barrier-to-success-says-top-australian-drama-writer/1796338.aspx?storypage=0 Don Mahoney, 'Rural start no barrier to success, says top Australian drama writer', Mudgee Guardian, 7 April 2010] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402085404/http://www.mudgeeguardian.com.au/news/local/news/general/rural-start-no-barrier-to-success-says-top-australian-drama-writer/1796338.aspx?storypage=0 |date=2 April 2012 }}

O'Brien worked as script producer on Water Rats and McLeod's Daughters.{{cite web | title=Michaeley O'Brien | website=ACMI: Your museum of screen culture | date=10 August 2023 | url=https://www.acmi.net.au/creators/11015--michaeley-obrien/ | access-date=25 July 2024}}

She wrote episodes 5, 6, 9, and 12 of Underbelly: Razor in 2011.[http://www.australiantelevision.net/underbelly/articles/gulgong-scriptwriter.html Don Mahoney, 'Gulgong scriptwriter will appear in Underbelly Razor', Mudgee Guardian, 10 August 2011]

For series one of Mystery Road, released in 2018,{{cite web | title=Aaron Pedersen and Judy Davis cast in Mystery Road | website=Screen Australia | date=12 July 2017 | url=https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/sa/media-centre/news/2017/07-12-mystery-road-series | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601150250/https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/sa/media-centre/news/2017/07-12-mystery-road-series | archive-date=1 June 2023 | url-status=dead | access-date=25 July 2024}} O' Brien was co-writer with Steven McGregor, Kodie Bedford, and Tim Lee.{{cite web | title=Mystery Road Series 1 | website=Screenwest - Western Australia’s not-for-profit screen funding organisation | date=16 September 2021 | url=https://www.screenwest.com.au/made-in-wa/production-highlights/mystery-road-season-1/ | access-date=25 July 2024}}

Mystery Road Episode 1, "Gone", was shortlisted for the NSW Premier's Literary Awards, Betty Rowland Prize for Scripwriting, 2019.{{Cite journal|last=Perkins|first=Cathy|date=Summer 2019|title=Excellence in Literature and History|journal=SL Magazine|volume=12|issue=4|pages=52–55}}

• Home and Away
• Blue Heelers[http://heelers.tripod.com/special/articles/newsp/behindthescenes_big.htm Peter Haddow, 'Behind the Scenes in Blue Heelers', Australian Police Journal (December 1999)]
• Neighbours
• McLeod's Daughters
• Out of the Blue
• All Saints
• City Homicide
• Rescue: Special Ops
• Sea Patrol
• Underbelly: Razor
• Mystery Road
• The Claremont Murders (2023){{cite web | title='The Claremont Murders' (First Look) | website=IF Magazine | date=12 March 2023 | url=https://if.com.au/the-claremont-murders-first-look/ | access-date=25 July 2024}}
• Territory (2024){{cite web | last=Slatter | first=Sean | title=Netflix turns 'Desert King' into 'Territory' with Anna Torv leading the cast | website=IF Magazine | date=17 July 2024 | url=https://if.com.au/netflixs-desert-king-becomes-territory-with-anna-torv-leading-the-cast/ | access-date=25 July 2024}}

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