James Walker

James Walker (1973 – 20 January 2015) was an Australian television writer.

Biography A former journalist, he graduated from the Australian Film Television and Radio School and went to work as a researcher on McLeod's Daughters, working his way up to script editor and writer. He wrote, script edited and script produced episodes of Home and Away, and also wrote episodes of Wonderland, Sam Fox and Neighbours. Walker began writing scripts for Neighbours in 2012. Fellow writer Sarah Walker (no relation) said James Walker was "indeed an excellent writer - with his funny, crisp dialogue - and he had a wonderful knack with defining unique characters."

Select writing credits McLeod's Daughters – researcher (2005–06), script editor (2007–09), writer (2006–08) Master Raindrop (2008) – writer Home and Away (2002, 2008–14) – writer; also stints as script editor (2008–09) and script producer (2009–10) Wild Boys (2011) – writer Neighbours (2012–15) – writer; also script editor (2014–15) Sam Fox: Extreme Adventures (2014) – writer Wonderland (2013–15) – writer