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Jessica Au

ジェシカ・アウ

Jeshika Au

Profile

Gender
Female
Nationality
Australia
Languages
English
Residence History
Melbourne

Career

Occupations
novelist, editor, bookseller
Active Years
2011-
Nominations
2022 The Age Book of the Year Award Fiction Shortlisted, 2022 Queensland Literary Award Fiction Shortlisted, 2023 Indie Book Awards Fiction Longlisted, 2023 International Dublin Literary Award Longlisted, 2023 Miles Franklin Award Shortlisted

Awards

Novel Prize
2020
Work: Cold Enough for Snow
Result: Won
Readings Prize
2022
Work: Cold Enough for Snow
Category: Fiction
Organization: Readings
Result: Won
Prime Minister's Literary Awards
2023
Work: Cold Enough for Snow
Category: Fiction
Organization: Australian Government
Result: Won
Victorian Premier's Prize for Fiction
2023
Work: Cold Enough for Snow
Organization: State Government of Victoria
Result: Won
Victorian Prize for Literature
2023
Work: Cold Enough for Snow
Organization: State Government of Victoria
Result: Won

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Cargo

2011 Novel

Cold Enough for Snow

2022 Novel

A delicate novella about a mother and daughter sightseeing in Tokyo, exploring memory and relationships.

mother-daughter relationshipmemorytravel

Bibliography

  • Cargo (2011)
  • Cold Enough for Snow (2022)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Concise and delicate prose
Recurring Motifs
family bondsobservations of everyday life

Legacy

Emerging Australian author who garnered international attention by winning multiple major literary awards for Cold Enough for Snow.