Jessica Au

Australian editor and bookseller, and author

Jessica Au is an Australian editor and bookseller, and author of the novels Cargo and Cold Enough for Snow.^[1] Au won the inaugural Novel Prize in 2022.^[2] She is based in Melbourne.^[3]

Au won the 2023 Prime Minister's Literary Award for Fiction^[4] and both the 2023 Victorian Premier's Prize for Literature and Victorian Premier's Prize for Fiction for Cold Enough for Snow.^[5]

Awards and honours

Year	Title	Award	Categor	Result	Ref.
2020	Cold Enough for Snow	Novel Prize	—	Won	^[6]^[7]
2022		The Age Book of the Year Award	Fiction	Shortlisted	^[8]^[9]
		Queensland Literary Award	Fiction	Shortlisted	^[10]
		Readings Prize	Fiction	Won	^[11]^[12]
2023		Indie Book Awards		Longlisted	^[13]^[14]
		International Dublin Literary Award	—	Longlisted	^[15]
		Miles Franklin Award	—	Shortlisted	^[16]
		Prime Minister's Literary Awards	Fiction	Won	^[17]
		Victorian Premier's Literary Awards	Victorian Premier's Prize for Fiction	Won	^[18]
		Victorian Premier's Literary Awards	Victorian Prize for Literature	Won	^[19]^[20]

Publications

Cargo (2011)
Cold Enough for Snow (2022)

References

^ Grey, Tobias (2022-02-01). "A Mother and Daughter Go Sightseeing. They See Each Other". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-08-06.
^ Steger, Jason (2022-02-04). "Alluring Tokyo story brings Jessica Au an international writing prize". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2022-08-06.
^ Dewey, Imogen (2022-02-04). "Cold Enough for Snow by Jessica Au review – a graceful novella about how we pay attention". The Guardian. Retrieved 2022-08-06.
^ Howard, Alexander (2023-11-16). "The revamped Prime Minister's Literary Awards reward 'fresh ways of seeing' in 2023". The Conversation. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
^ "The 2023 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards". The Wheeler Centre. Retrieved 2023-02-02.
^ "Awards: The Novel, SoA Translation Winners". Shelf Awareness. February 17, 2021. Archived from the original on 2022-12-09. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
^ "Enache shortlisted for Novel Prize". Books+Publishing. 18 January 2023. Archived from the original on 2023-01-18. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
^ "Age Book of the Year 2022 shortlists announced | Books+Publishing". Books+Publishing. 1 August 2022. Archived from the original on 2022-08-11. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
^ "Age Book of the Year 2022 shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. 1 August 2022. Archived from the original on 2022-08-11. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
^ "Qld Literary Awards 2022 shortlists". Books+Publishing. 4 August 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-01-21. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
^ "Awards: Mark Twain American Voice Winner; Readings Winners". Shelf Awareness. February 11, 2022. Archived from the original on 2022-08-19. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
^ "Au, Burton, Archbold win 2022 Readings Prizes". Books+Publishing. 27 October 2022. Archived from the original on 2022-10-31. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
^ "Longlist Announced for the 2023 Indie Book Awards". Indie Book Awards. 2022-12-07. Archived from the original on 2022-12-22. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
^ "Indie Book Awards 2023 longlists announced". Books+Publishing. 8 December 2022. Archived from the original on 2022-12-24. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
^ "ANZ authors among Dublin Literary Award longlistees". Books+Publishing. 3 February 2023. Archived from the original on 2023-02-03. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
^ Sun, Michael (2023-06-19). "Miles Franklin award 2023: shortlist revealed for Australia's prestigious literary prize". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-06-20.
^ Howard, Alexander (2023-11-16). "The revamped Prime Minister's Literary Awards reward 'fresh ways of seeing' in 2023". The Conversation. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
^ "Winners of the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2023". Readings Books. 2 February 2023. Archived from the original on 2023-02-02. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
^ "The 2023 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards". The Wheeler Centre. Archived from the original on 2023-02-03. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
^ "Au wins 2023 Victorian Prize for Literature at VPLAs". Books+Publishing. 2 February 2023. Archived from the original on 2023-02-06. Retrieved 2023-02-21.