The State Library of New South Wales (SLNSW) has announced this year’s shortlist for the $25,000 National Biography Award.

This Award is presented annually to a published work of biographical or autobiographical writing aiming to promote public interest in these genres.

The shortlisted works are:

• No Friend But the Mountains by Behrouz Boochani
• The Wasp and the Orchid by Danielle Clode
• The Trauma Cleaner by Sarah Krasnostein
• Do Oysters Get Bored? by Rozanna Lilley
• One Hundred Years of Dirt by Rick Morton
• Miss Ex-Yugoslavia by Sofija Stefanovic

This year’s winner will be announced at a special event on 12 August. You can read more about the prize, and the shortlist, here.