Meg Mason

Meg Mason is the author of You Be Mother and Sorrow and Bliss, which became an international bestseller after it was published in 2021. Winner of the 2022 Fiction Book of the Year at the British Book Awards, and shortlisted for te 2022 Women's Prize for Fiction, it has since been translated into thirty languages. Meg's first career was in journalism, beginning at The Times of London and later writing for Vogue, Elle, GQ, Sunday Style and the New Yorker's 'Daily Shouts and Murmurs'. Born in New Zealand, she lives in Sydney with her husband and two daughters. Her third novel, Sophie, Standing There, will be published in 2026.