Clare Sladden is a Meeanjin/Brisbane-based writer with a passion for female-driven stories. Her credits include NCIS: Sydney S1, 2 (Endemol Shine AU for Paramount+), Eden (Every Cloud Productions for Stan), the Wentworth spin-off podcast (Fremantle Media for Audible), and Winding Road, a narrative podcast funded by Audible and Screen Queensland which Clare wrote, directed and co-produced.

Most recently, Clare wrote an episode and worked as a staff writer under American show-runner John Quaintance on his series Good Cop/Bad Cop (Jungle Entertainment & Future Shack for Stan, Roku & CW). She also wrote an episode of Sunny Nights (Jungle Entertainment & Echo Lake Entertainment for Stan) and has been awarded Screen Australia development funding for her feature Sophie Next Door, which she’ll write, direct and co-produce.

In 2020, Clare was selected for the prestigious SPA Ones to Watch program – in 2021 she was chosen as the successful participant of Screen Queensland’s ‘Bradford Winters Lab’, a program specifically designed to facilitate emerging show-runners – and in 2022, Clare was named on Inside Film’s ‘Rising Talent’ list.