Meg Mason is an Australian author and journalist. Her 2020 novel Sorrow and Bliss won the British Book Awards 2022 Fiction Book of the Year.
Meg Mason | |
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| Citizenship | Australian |
| Notable works | Sorrow and Bliss |
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Career
editMason lived in the United Kingdom for five years during which time she wrote for the Financial Times and The Times before moving to Sydney and starting a career as a freelance journalist.[1] She has written for a number of magazines including Vogue, Elle and GQ.[1]
She published her first book Say It Again in a Nice Voice in 2012 and her first novel You Be Mother in 2017.[1] Sorrow and Bliss is Mason's third book and the first to be released in the UK.[1] It won the British Book Awards 2022 Fiction Book of the Year.[2] Her novel was also shortlisted for the Australian Book Industry Awards' Literary fiction book of the year in 2021 and the Women's Prize for Fiction in 2022.[1][3][4] Film and television rights for Sorrow and Bliss were sold to New Regency.[5]
Personal life
editMason lives in Sydney with her husband and two daughters.[6]
Bibliography
edit- Mason, Meg (2012). Say It Again in a Nice Voice.
- Mason, Meg (2017). You Be Mother.
- Mason, Meg (2020). Sorrow and Bliss.
References
edit- ^ a b c d e Mesure, Susie (2021-06-11). "Meg Mason on Sorrow and Bliss: 'I was surprised anyone found it funny. It's about suicide'". inews.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-04-12.
- ^ Anderson, Porter (2022-05-24). "The 'Nibbies': The British Book Awards Name Their 2022 Winners". Publishing Perspectives. Retrieved 2024-04-12.
- ^ W, Sally (2021-04-11). "ABIA 2021 Shortlist". ABIA. Retrieved 2024-04-12.
- ^ "'Sorrow and Bliss' shortlisted for 2022 Women's Prize". Books + Publishing. 28 April 2022.
- ^ "'Sorrow and Bliss' to be adapted for screen". Books+Publishing. 10 February 2021. Retrieved 2024-04-12.
- ^ Clark, Alex (2021-06-11). "Meg Mason: 'Sorrow and Bliss was a post-hope project. I was convinced that no one would ever see it'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-04-12.