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