Goodreads Choice Awards
2 appearances
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Edition 15 (2023) Winner
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Edition 15 (2023) Winner
Emilia Hart
えみりあ・はーと
Emilia Hāto
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- Sydney
- Nationality
- Australia, United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Sydney, Australia → London, United Kingdom → Cumbria, United Kingdom
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, lawyer
- Active Years
- 2023-
- Influenced By
- Barry Oakley
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barker College | — | — | — | — | Australia |
| University of New South Wales | Faculty of Law and Faculty of Arts | Law and English | Bachelor of Laws / Bachelor of Arts | — | Australia |
Barker College
Country:
Australia
Secondary education
University of New South Wales
Faculty of Law and Faculty of Arts
/ Law and English
Degree:
Bachelor of Laws / Bachelor of Arts
Country:
Australia
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Goodreads Choice Awards | Weyward | Best Debut Novel | Goodreads | Winner |
| 2023 | Goodreads Choice Awards | Weyward | Best Historical Fiction | Goodreads | Winner |
Goodreads Choice Awards
2023
Work:
Weyward
Category:
Best Debut Novel
Organization:
Goodreads
Result:
Winner
Goodreads Choice Awards
2023
Work:
Weyward
Category:
Best Historical Fiction
Organization:
Goodreads
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Weyward
2023 Historical FictionInterconnected stories of three women across centuries, drawing parallels between the 1612 Pendle witch trials and violence against women during COVID-19 lockdown.
witch huntsfemale empowermentnature and magic
The Sirens
2025 Historical Fiction / Magical RealismStories of interconnected female narrators set in Australia, Ireland, and on a doomed 19th-century British prison ship to New South Wales, blending myths of sirens, mermaids, and selkies.
mythsfolk talesfemale narratives
Bibliography
- Weyward (2023)
- The Sirens (2025)
- Apples (short story in Of the Flesh, 2024)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- magical realismmultiple timelinesfemale-centered narratives
- Recurring Motifs
- women's connection to natureliberation from oppressionmythical elements
Health
-
stroke26歳時Decided to write a novel after suffering the stroke.
Legacy
Debut novel Weyward became a New York Times bestseller and won Goodreads Choice Awards for Best Debut Novel and Best Historical Fiction in 2023.
Trivia
- Her grandfather is the novelist and playwright Barry Oakley.