Meg Mason
Meg Mason | |
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| Notable works | Sorrow and Bliss |
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Meg Masonis an Australian author and journalist. Her 2020 novelSorrow and Blisswon theBritish Book Awards2022 Fiction Book of the Year.
Career
[edit]Mason lived in the United Kingdom for five years during which time she wrote for theFinancial TimesandThe Timesbefore moving toSydneyand starting a career as a freelance journalist.[1]She has written for a number of magazines includingVogue,ElleandGQ.[1]
She published her first bookSay It Again in a Nice Voicein 2012 and her first novelYou Be Motherin 2017.[1]Sorrow and Blissis Mason's third book and the first to be released in the UK.[1]It won theBritish Book Awards2022 Fiction Book of the Year.[2]Her novel was also shortlisted for theAustralian Book Industry Awards' Literary fiction book of the year in 2021 and theWomen's Prize for Fictionin 2022.[1][3][4]Film and television rights forSorrow and Blisswere sold toNew Regency.[5]
Personal life
[edit]Mason 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]- ^abcdeMesure, Susie (2021-06-11)."Meg Mason on Sorrow and Bliss: 'I was surprised anyone found it funny. It's about suicide'".inews.co.uk.Retrieved2024-04-12.
- ^Anderson, Porter (2022-05-24)."The 'Nibbies': The British Book Awards Name Their 2022 Winners".Publishing Perspectives.Retrieved2024-04-12.
- ^W, Sally (2021-04-11)."ABIA 2021 Shortlist".ABIA.Retrieved2024-04-12.
- ^"'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.Retrieved2024-04-12.
- ^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.ISSN0261-3077.Retrieved2024-04-12.
