Meg Mason
Meg Mason | |
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| Notable works | Sorrow and Bliss |
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Meg Mason is a New Zealand author and journalist. Her 2020 novel Sorrow and Bliss won the British Book Awards 2022 Fiction Book of the Year.
Career
[edit source]Mason 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. 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. 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] It was also shortlisted for the Australian Book Industry Awards Fiction Book of the Year in 2021[3] and the Women's Prize for Fiction in 2022.[1][4] Film and television rights for Sorrow and Bliss were sold to New Regency.[5]
Personal life
[edit source]Mason lives in Sydney with her husband and two daughters.[6]
Bibliography
[edit source]| Year | Title | Publisher | ISBN | Notes |
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| 2012 | Say It Again in a Nice Voice | HarperCollins | 978-0-7322-9352-9 | Memoir |
| 2017 | You Be Mother | Fourth Estate | 978-0-7322-9353-6 | Novel |
| 2020 | Sorrow and Bliss | Fourth Estate | 978-1-4607-5722-2 | Novel. Winner of the British Book Awards Fiction Book of the Year in 2022.[2] Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction in 2022.[4] Shortlisted for the Australian Book Industry Awards Fiction Book of the Year in 2021.[3] |
| 2026 | Sophie, Standing There | Fourth Estate | 978-1-4607-6066-6 | Novel |
References
[edit source]- 1 2 3 Mesure, Susie (11 June 2021). "Meg Mason on Sorrow and Bliss: 'I was surprised anyone found it funny. It's about suicide'". The i Paper. Retrieved 2024-04-12.
- 1 2 Anderson, Porter (24 May 2022). "The 'Nibbies': The British Book Awards Name Their 2022 Winners". Publishing Perspectives. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
- 1 2 "ABIA 2021 shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. 12 April 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
- 1 2 "'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 12 April 2024.
- ↑ Clark, Alex (11 June 2021). "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 2 August 2026.
