Jessica Au

{{Short description|Australian editor and bookseller, and author}}

{{Infobox writer

| image = 欧健梅 20240815.jpg

| occupation = Novelist

| notable_works = Cold Enough for Snow

| website = {{URL|https://www.jessicaau.com/}}

}}

Jessica Au is an Australian editor and bookseller, and author of the novels Cargo and Cold Enough for Snow.{{Cite news |last=Grey |first=Tobias |date=2022-02-01 |title=A Mother and Daughter Go Sightseeing. They See Each Other. |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/01/books/review/jessica-au-cold-enough-for-snow.html |access-date=2022-08-06 |issn=0362-4331}} Au won the inaugural Novel Prize in 2022.{{Cite web |last=Steger |first=Jason |date=2022-02-04 |title=Alluring Tokyo story brings Jessica Au an international writing prize |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/books/alluring-tokyo-story-brings-jessica-au-an-international-writing-prize-20220203-p59tkv.html |access-date=2022-08-06 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}} She is based in Melbourne.{{Cite web |last=Dewey |first=Imogen |date=2022-02-04 |title=Cold Enough for Snow by Jessica Au review – a graceful novella about how we pay attention |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/feb/04/cold-enough-for-snow-by-jessica-au-review-a-graceful-novella-about-how-we-pay-attention |access-date=2022-08-06 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}

Au won the 2023 Prime Minister's Literary Award for Fiction{{Cite web |last=Howard |first=Alexander |date=2023-11-16 |title=The revamped Prime Minister's Literary Awards reward 'fresh ways of seeing' in 2023 |url=http://theconversation.com/the-revamped-prime-ministers-literary-awards-reward-fresh-ways-of-seeing-in-2023-217662 |access-date=2023-11-16 |website=The Conversation |language=en-US}} and both the 2023 Victorian Premier's Prize for Literature and Victorian Premier's Prize for Fiction for Cold Enough for Snow.{{Cite web |title=The 2023 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards |url=https://www.wheelercentre.com/victorian-premiers-literary-awards/victorian-premiers-literary-awards-2023/ |access-date=2023-02-02 |website=The Wheeler Centre |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-02-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203100916/https://www.wheelercentre.com/victorian-premiers-literary-awards/victorian-premiers-literary-awards-2023/ |url-status=dead }}

Awards and honours

class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" !Year !Title !Award !Category !Result !Ref.
2020 \| rowspan="10" \|Cold Enough for Snow \|Novel Prize \|— \|{{won}} \|{{Cite web \|last= \|first= \|last2= \|date=February 17, 2021 \|title=Awards: The Novel, SoA Translation Winners \|url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3924 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209154340/https://shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3924 \|archive-date=2022-12-09 \|access-date=2023-02-21 \|website=Shelf Awareness }}{{Cite web \|last= \|date=18 January 2023 \|title=Enache shortlisted for Novel Prize \|url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2023/01/18/225347/enache-shortlisted-for-novel-prize/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230118222536/https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2023/01/18/225347/enache-shortlisted-for-novel-prize/ \|archive-date=2023-01-18 \|access-date=2023-02-21 \|website=Books+Publishing \|language=en-AU }}
rowspan="3" \|2022 \|The Age Book of the Year Award \|Fiction \|{{sho}} \|{{Cite web \|last= \|date=1 August 2022 \|title=Age Book of the Year 2022 shortlists announced {{!}} Books+Publishing \|url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2022/08/01/218353/age-book-of-the-year-2022-shortlists-announced/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811120342/https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2022/08/01/218353/age-book-of-the-year-2022-shortlists-announced/ \|archive-date=2022-08-11 \|access-date=2023-02-21 \|website=Books+Publishing \|language=en-AU }}{{Cite web \|last= \|date=1 August 2022 \|title=Age Book of the Year 2022 shortlists announced \|url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2022/08/01/218353/age-book-of-the-year-2022-shortlists-announced/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811120342/https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2022/08/01/218353/age-book-of-the-year-2022-shortlists-announced/ \|archive-date=2022-08-11 \|access-date=2023-02-21 \|website=Books+Publishing \|language=en-AU }}
Queensland Literary Award \|Fiction \|{{sho}} \|{{Cite web \|last= \|date=4 August 2022 \|title=Qld Literary Awards 2022 shortlists \|url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2022/08/04/218588/qld-literary-awards-2022-shortlists/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230121070315/https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2022/08/04/218588/qld-literary-awards-2022-shortlists/ \|archive-date=2023-01-21 \|access-date=2023-02-21 \|website=Books+Publishing \|language=en-AU }}
Readings Prize \|Fiction \|{{won}} \|{{Cite web \|last= \|first= \|date=February 11, 2022 \|title=Awards: Mark Twain American Voice Winner; Readings Winners \|url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=4168 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819061007/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=4168 \|archive-date=2022-08-19 \|access-date=2023-02-21 \|website=Shelf Awareness }}{{Cite web \|last= \|date=27 October 2022 \|title=Au, Burton, Archbold win 2022 Readings Prizes \|url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2022/10/27/222523/au-burton-archbold-win-2022-readings-prizes/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221031135030/https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2022/10/27/222523/au-burton-archbold-win-2022-readings-prizes/ \|archive-date=2022-10-31 \|access-date=2023-02-21 \|website=Books+Publishing \|language=en-AU }}
rowspan="6" \|2023 \|Indie Book Awards \|Fiction \|{{nom\|Longlisted}} \|{{Cite web \|last= \|date=2022-12-07 \|title=Longlist Announced for the 2023 Indie Book Awards \|url=https://www.indiebookawards.com.au/post/longlist-announced-for-the-2023-indie-book-awards \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221222070633/https://www.indiebookawards.com.au/post/longlist-announced-for-the-2023-indie-book-awards \|archive-date=2022-12-22 \|access-date=2023-02-21 \|website=Indie Book Awards \|language=en }}{{Cite web \|last= \|date=8 December 2022 \|title=Indie Book Awards 2023 longlists announced \|url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2022/12/08/224637/indie-book-awards-2023-longlists-announced/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221224131707/https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2022/12/08/224637/indie-book-awards-2023-longlists-announced/ \|archive-date=2022-12-24 \|access-date=2023-02-21 \|website=Books+Publishing \|language=en-AU }}
International Dublin Literary Award \|— \|{{nom\|Longlisted}} \|{{Cite web \|last= \|date=3 February 2023 \|title=ANZ authors among Dublin Literary Award longlistees \|url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2023/02/03/226169/anz-authors-among-dublin-literary-award-longlistees/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203000513/https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2023/02/03/226169/anz-authors-among-dublin-literary-award-longlistees/ \|archive-date=2023-02-03 \|access-date=2023-02-21 \|website=Books+Publishing \|language=en-AU }}
Miles Franklin Award \|— \|{{sho}} \|{{Cite news \|last=Sun \|first=Michael \|date=2023-06-19 \|title=Miles Franklin award 2023: shortlist revealed for Australia's prestigious literary prize \|language=en-GB \|work=The Guardian \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jun/20/miles-franklin-award-2023-shortlist-revealed-australia-literary-prize \|access-date=2023-06-20 \|issn=0261-3077}}
Prime Minister's Literary Awards \|Fiction \|{{won}} \|{{Cite web \|last=Howard \|first=Alexander \|date=2023-11-16 \|title=The revamped Prime Minister's Literary Awards reward 'fresh ways of seeing' in 2023 \|url=http://theconversation.com/the-revamped-prime-ministers-literary-awards-reward-fresh-ways-of-seeing-in-2023-217662 \|access-date=2023-11-16 \|website=The Conversation \|language=en-US}}
Victorian Premier's Literary Awards \|Victorian Premier's Prize for Fiction \|{{won}} \|{{Cite web \|date=2 February 2023 \|title=Winners of the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2023 \|url=https://www.readings.com.au/news/winners-of-the-victorian-premiers-literary-awards-2023 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202083629/https://www.readings.com.au/news/winners-of-the-victorian-premiers-literary-awards-2023 \|archive-date=2023-02-02 \|access-date=2023-02-21 \|website=Readings Books \|language=en}}
Victorian Premier's Literary Awards \|Victorian Prize for Literature \|{{won}} \|{{Cite web \|title=The 2023 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards \|url=https://www.wheelercentre.com/victorian-premiers-literary-awards/victorian-premiers-literary-awards-2023/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203100916/https://www.wheelercentre.com/victorian-premiers-literary-awards/victorian-premiers-literary-awards-2023/ \|archive-date=2023-02-03 \|access-date=2023-02-21 \|website=The Wheeler Centre \|language=en-US}}{{Cite web \|last= \|date=2 February 2023 \|title=Au wins 2023 Victorian Prize for Literature at VPLAs \|url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2023/02/02/226133/au-wins-2023-victorian-prize-for-literature-at-vplas/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206200554/https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2023/02/02/226133/au-wins-2023-victorian-prize-for-literature-at-vplas/ \|archive-date=2023-02-06 \|access-date=2023-02-21 \|website=Books+Publishing \|language=en-AU }}

class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"

!Year

!Title

!Award

!Category

!Result

!Ref.

2020

| rowspan="10" |Cold Enough for Snow

|Novel Prize

|—

|{{won}}

|{{Cite web |last= |first= |last2= |date=February 17, 2021 |title=Awards: The Novel, SoA Translation Winners |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3924 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209154340/https://shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3924 |archive-date=2022-12-09 |access-date=2023-02-21 |website=Shelf Awareness }}{{Cite web |last= |date=18 January 2023 |title=Enache shortlisted for Novel Prize |url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2023/01/18/225347/enache-shortlisted-for-novel-prize/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230118222536/https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2023/01/18/225347/enache-shortlisted-for-novel-prize/ |archive-date=2023-01-18 |access-date=2023-02-21 |website=Books+Publishing |language=en-AU }}

rowspan="3" |2022

|The Age Book of the Year Award

|Fiction

|{{sho}}

|{{Cite web |last= |date=1 August 2022 |title=Age Book of the Year 2022 shortlists announced {{!}} Books+Publishing |url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2022/08/01/218353/age-book-of-the-year-2022-shortlists-announced/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811120342/https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2022/08/01/218353/age-book-of-the-year-2022-shortlists-announced/ |archive-date=2022-08-11 |access-date=2023-02-21 |website=Books+Publishing |language=en-AU }}{{Cite web |last= |date=1 August 2022 |title=Age Book of the Year 2022 shortlists announced |url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2022/08/01/218353/age-book-of-the-year-2022-shortlists-announced/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811120342/https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2022/08/01/218353/age-book-of-the-year-2022-shortlists-announced/ |archive-date=2022-08-11 |access-date=2023-02-21 |website=Books+Publishing |language=en-AU }}

Queensland Literary Award

|Fiction

|{{sho}}

|{{Cite web |last= |date=4 August 2022 |title=Qld Literary Awards 2022 shortlists |url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2022/08/04/218588/qld-literary-awards-2022-shortlists/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230121070315/https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2022/08/04/218588/qld-literary-awards-2022-shortlists/ |archive-date=2023-01-21 |access-date=2023-02-21 |website=Books+Publishing |language=en-AU }}

Readings Prize

|Fiction

|{{won}}

|{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=February 11, 2022 |title=Awards: Mark Twain American Voice Winner; Readings Winners |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=4168 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819061007/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=4168 |archive-date=2022-08-19 |access-date=2023-02-21 |website=Shelf Awareness }}{{Cite web |last= |date=27 October 2022 |title=Au, Burton, Archbold win 2022 Readings Prizes |url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2022/10/27/222523/au-burton-archbold-win-2022-readings-prizes/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221031135030/https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2022/10/27/222523/au-burton-archbold-win-2022-readings-prizes/ |archive-date=2022-10-31 |access-date=2023-02-21 |website=Books+Publishing |language=en-AU }}

rowspan="6" |2023

|Indie Book Awards

|Fiction

|{{nom|Longlisted}}

|{{Cite web |last= |date=2022-12-07 |title=Longlist Announced for the 2023 Indie Book Awards |url=https://www.indiebookawards.com.au/post/longlist-announced-for-the-2023-indie-book-awards |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221222070633/https://www.indiebookawards.com.au/post/longlist-announced-for-the-2023-indie-book-awards |archive-date=2022-12-22 |access-date=2023-02-21 |website=Indie Book Awards |language=en }}{{Cite web |last= |date=8 December 2022 |title=Indie Book Awards 2023 longlists announced |url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2022/12/08/224637/indie-book-awards-2023-longlists-announced/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221224131707/https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2022/12/08/224637/indie-book-awards-2023-longlists-announced/ |archive-date=2022-12-24 |access-date=2023-02-21 |website=Books+Publishing |language=en-AU }}

International Dublin Literary Award

|—

|{{nom|Longlisted}}

|{{Cite web |last= |date=3 February 2023 |title=ANZ authors among Dublin Literary Award longlistees |url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2023/02/03/226169/anz-authors-among-dublin-literary-award-longlistees/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203000513/https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2023/02/03/226169/anz-authors-among-dublin-literary-award-longlistees/ |archive-date=2023-02-03 |access-date=2023-02-21 |website=Books+Publishing |language=en-AU }}

Miles Franklin Award

|—

|{{sho}}

|{{Cite news |last=Sun |first=Michael |date=2023-06-19 |title=Miles Franklin award 2023: shortlist revealed for Australia's prestigious literary prize |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jun/20/miles-franklin-award-2023-shortlist-revealed-australia-literary-prize |access-date=2023-06-20 |issn=0261-3077}}

Prime Minister's Literary Awards

|Fiction

|{{won}}

|{{Cite web |last=Howard |first=Alexander |date=2023-11-16 |title=The revamped Prime Minister's Literary Awards reward 'fresh ways of seeing' in 2023 |url=http://theconversation.com/the-revamped-prime-ministers-literary-awards-reward-fresh-ways-of-seeing-in-2023-217662 |access-date=2023-11-16 |website=The Conversation |language=en-US}}

Victorian Premier's Literary Awards

|Victorian Premier's Prize for Fiction

|{{won}}

|{{Cite web |date=2 February 2023 |title=Winners of the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2023 |url=https://www.readings.com.au/news/winners-of-the-victorian-premiers-literary-awards-2023 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202083629/https://www.readings.com.au/news/winners-of-the-victorian-premiers-literary-awards-2023 |archive-date=2023-02-02 |access-date=2023-02-21 |website=Readings Books |language=en}}

Victorian Premier's Literary Awards

|Victorian Prize for Literature

|{{won}}

|{{Cite web |title=The 2023 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards |url=https://www.wheelercentre.com/victorian-premiers-literary-awards/victorian-premiers-literary-awards-2023/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203100916/https://www.wheelercentre.com/victorian-premiers-literary-awards/victorian-premiers-literary-awards-2023/ |archive-date=2023-02-03 |access-date=2023-02-21 |website=The Wheeler Centre |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last= |date=2 February 2023 |title=Au wins 2023 Victorian Prize for Literature at VPLAs |url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2023/02/02/226133/au-wins-2023-victorian-prize-for-literature-at-vplas/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206200554/https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2023/02/02/226133/au-wins-2023-victorian-prize-for-literature-at-vplas/ |archive-date=2023-02-06 |access-date=2023-02-21 |website=Books+Publishing |language=en-AU }}

Publications

Cargo (2011)
Cold Enough for Snow (2022)

References

External links

{{Official website}}
{{AustLit}}
[https://www.ndbooks.com/author/jessica-au/ New Directions author profile]

Category:Living people

Category:Australian women novelists

Category:Writers from Melbourne

Category:21st-century Australian novelists

Category:21st-century Australian women writers

Category:Year of birth missing (living people)