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]
Year | Title | Award | Result | Ref. |
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2020 | Cold Enough for Snow | Novel Prize | Winner | [6][7] |
2022 | Queensland Literary Award for Fiction | Shortlist | [8] | |
Readings Prize for Fiction | Winner | [9][10] | ||
The Age Book of the Year Award for Fiction | Shortlist | [11][12] | ||
2023 | Australian Indie Book Awards | Longlist | [13][14] | |
International Dublin Literary Award | Longlist | [15] | ||
Victorian Premier's Prize for Fiction | Winner | [16] | ||
Victorian Prize for Literature: Overall | Winner | [17][18] | ||
Miles Franklin Award | Shortlist | [19] | ||
Fiction Award, Prime Minister's Literary Awards | Winner | [20] |