The State Library of New South Wales (SLNSW) has announced this year’s shortlist for the 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.

Each shortlisted author will receive $2000 while the winner will receive $25, 000.

The shortlisted works are:

• Car Crash by Lech Blaine
• Leaping Into Waterfalls by Bernadette Brennan
• One Day I’ll Remember This: Diaries 1987-1995 by Helen Garner
• The Mother Wound by Amani Haydar
• Into the Loneliness by Eleanor Hogan
• Home Truths by David Williamson

This year’s winner will be announced in August. You can read more about the prize, and the shortlist, here.