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.

Discover the shortlisted works below.

• Unknown: A refugee’s story by Akuch Kuol Anyieth
• The Ghost Tattoo by Tony Bernard
• How to End a Story: Diaries 1995–1998 by Helen Garner
• Bedtime Story by Chloe Hooper
• Missing by Tom Patterson
• My Tongue Is My Own by Ann-Marie Priest

Read more about the prize, and the shortlist, here.