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Trudi-Ann Tierney
Trudi-Ann Tierney is a Sydney-based writer and producer for television who spent three and a half years as the head of drama for a broadcaster in Afghanistan. Her production company is currently developing a drama serial for Papua New Guinea. Making Soapies in Kabul is her first book.
Listen to Trudi-Ann Tierney in conversation with Richard Fidler on ABC Radio
Books by Trudi-Ann Tierney
Making Soapies in Kabul
Published: February 2014
The hugely funny and nail-bitingly dramatic account of how a talented Australian TV executive found herself working on Afghanistan's best-loved soap.
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