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Jennifer Mills (born 1977) is an Australian novelist, short story writer and poet.

Career

Mills lived in Alice Springs.^[1] She was the winner of the 2008 Marian Eldridge Award for Young Emerging Women Writers, the Pacific Region of the 2008-9 Commonwealth Short Story Competition, and the 2008 Northern Territory Literary Awards: Best Short Story. She was shortlisted for the 2009 Manchester Fiction Prize. Her work has appeared in Meanjin, Island Magazine, Overland, HEAT, the Griffith Review, and The Lifted Brow, as well as anthologies such as Best Australian Stories, and New Australian Stories.^[2]

In 2012, Mills was named one of The Sydney Morning Herald's Best Young Australian Novelists.^[3] Her essay, Swimming with Aliens, was shortlisted for the 2017 Horne Prize.^[4]

She is the fiction editor at Overland^[5] and a Board Director for the Australian Society of Authors.^[6]

Her 2018 novel, Dyschronia, was shortlisted for the 2019 Miles Franklin Award^[7] and the 2019 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature – Fiction.^[8]

Bibliography

Novels

The Diamond Anchor (University of Queensland Press, 2009)^[9]
Gone (University of Queensland Press, 2011)^[10]
Dyschronia (Picador Australia), 2018)^[11]
The Airways (Picador Australia, 2021)^[12]

Collections

The Rest Is Weight (University of Queensland Press, 2012)^[13]

Poetry

Treading Earth, chapbook (Press Press, 2009)

Selected non-fiction

"Spanners and Mirages", pp. 107–118, in: Destroying the Joint, edited by Jane Caro (2015, ISBN 9781459687295).

Selected book reviews

Year	Review article	Work(s) reviewed
2022	Mills, Jennifer (October 2022). "A distant leviathan : Robbie Arnott's realist new novel". Australian Book Review. 447: 38.	Arnott, Robbie (2022). Limberlost. Text Publishing.

References

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^ "A sense of place". 26 April 2009. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
^ "UQP - Jennifer Mills". www.uqp.uq.edu.au. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
^ "Sydney Writers' Festival: Melanie Joosten, Rohan Wilson, Jennifer Mills". The Sydney Morning Herald. 18 May 2012. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
^ "The Horne Prize - News". The Horne Prize. Archived from the original on 10 March 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
^ Mills, Jennifer (17 May 2019). "The other side of climate grief is climate fury". Overland literary journal. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
^ "Our Board - Australian Society of Authors (ASA)".
^ Boland, Michaela (2 July 2019). "'Try being a Leb': Author from Punchbowl shortlisted for Miles Franklin". ABC News. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
^ "Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature". State Library of South Australia. December 2019. Archived from the original on 18 May 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
^ Mills, Jennifer (30 March 2009). The Diamond Anchor. ISBN 978-0-7022-3695-2.
^ Mills, Jennifer (28 February 2011). Gone. ISBN 978-0-7022-3871-0.
^ "Dyschronia - Pan Macmillan AU". Pan Macmillan Australia. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
^ "The Airways - Pan Macmillan AU". Pan Macmillan Australia. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
^ Mills, Jennifer (2 July 2012). The Rest is Weight. ISBN 978-0-7022-4940-2.

External links

[1] "A sense of place". 26 April 2009. Retrieved 27 December 2014.

[2] "UQP - Jennifer Mills". www.uqp.uq.edu.au. Retrieved 2 July 2019.

[3] "Sydney Writers' Festival: Melanie Joosten, Rohan Wilson, Jennifer Mills". The Sydney Morning Herald. 18 May 2012. Retrieved 27 December 2014.

[4] "The Horne Prize - News". The Horne Prize. Archived from the original on 10 March 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2018.

[5] Mills, Jennifer (17 May 2019). "The other side of climate grief is climate fury". Overland literary journal. Retrieved 2 July 2019.

[6] "Our Board - Australian Society of Authors (ASA)".

[7] Boland, Michaela (2 July 2019). "'Try being a Leb': Author from Punchbowl shortlisted for Miles Franklin". ABC News. Retrieved 2 July 2019.

[8] "Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature". State Library of South Australia. December 2019. Archived from the original on 18 May 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2020.

[9] Mills, Jennifer (30 March 2009). The Diamond Anchor. ISBN 978-0-7022-3695-2.

[10] Mills, Jennifer (28 February 2011). Gone. ISBN 978-0-7022-3871-0.

[11] "Dyschronia - Pan Macmillan AU". Pan Macmillan Australia. Retrieved 23 February 2022.

[12] "The Airways - Pan Macmillan AU". Pan Macmillan Australia. Retrieved 23 February 2022.

[13] Mills, Jennifer (2 July 2012). The Rest is Weight. ISBN 978-0-7022-4940-2.

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 '''Jennifer Mills''' (born 1977) is an Australian novelist, short story writer and poet.
 == Career ==
-Mills lived in [[Alice Springs]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/entertainment/books/a-sense-of-place/2009/04/25/1240606658249.html|title=A sense of place|date=26 April 2009 |publisher=|accessdate=27 December 2014}}</ref> She was the winner of the 2008 Marian Eldridge Award for Young Emerging Women Writers, the Pacific Region of the 2008-9 [[Commonwealth Short Story Competition]], and the 2008 Northern Territory Literary Awards: Best Short Story. She was shortlisted for the 2009 [[Manchester Fiction Prize]]. Her work has appeared in [[Meanjin]], [[Island magazine]], [[Overland (literary journal)|Overland]], Heat, the [[Griffith Review]], [[The Lifted Brow]], Best Australian Stories, and New Australian Stories.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.uqp.uq.edu.au/Author.aspx/1557/Mills,%20Jennifer|title=UQP - Jennifer Mills|website=www.uqp.uq.edu.au|access-date=2019-07-02}}</ref>
+Mills lived in [[Alice Springs]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/entertainment/books/a-sense-of-place/2009/04/25/1240606658249.html|title=A sense of place|date=26 April 2009 |publisher=|accessdate=27 December 2014}}</ref> She was the winner of the 2008 Marian Eldridge Award for Young Emerging Women Writers, the Pacific Region of the 2008-9 [[Commonwealth Foundation prizes|Commonwealth Short Story Competition]], and the 2008 Northern Territory Literary Awards: Best Short Story. She was shortlisted for the 2009 [[Manchester Fiction Prize]]. Her work has appeared in ''[[Meanjin]]'', ''[[Island magazine|Island Magazine]]'', ''[[Overland (literary journal)|Overland]]'', ''[[HEAT (magazine)|HEAT]]'', the ''[[Griffith Review]]'', and ''[[The Lifted Brow]]'', as well as anthologies such as ''Best Australian Stories'', and ''New Australian Stories''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.uqp.uq.edu.au/Author.aspx/1557/Mills,%20Jennifer|title=UQP - Jennifer Mills|website=www.uqp.uq.edu.au|access-date=2019-07-02}}</ref>
-In 2012, Mills was named one of the [[Sydney Morning Herald]]'s Best Young Australian Novelists.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/dark-arts-20120517-1yrty.html|title=Sydney Writers' Festival: Melanie Joosten, Rohan Wilson, Jennifer Mills|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=18 May 2012 |accessdate=27 December 2014}}</ref> Her essay, ''Swimming with Aliens'', was shortlisted for the 2017 [[Horne Prize]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehorneprize.com.au/news|title=The Horne Prize - News|website=The Horne Prize|language=en-us|access-date=2018-12-04}}</ref>
+In 2012, Mills was named one of ''[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]''{{'s}} Best Young Australian Novelists.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/dark-arts-20120517-1yrty.html|title=Sydney Writers' Festival: Melanie Joosten, Rohan Wilson, Jennifer Mills|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=18 May 2012 |accessdate=27 December 2014}}</ref> Her essay, ''Swimming with Aliens'', was shortlisted for the 2017 [[Horne Prize]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehorneprize.com.au/news|title=The Horne Prize - News|website=The Horne Prize|language=en-us|access-date=2018-12-04|archive-date=10 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200310224929/https://www.thehorneprize.com.au/news|url-status=dead}}</ref>
-She is the fiction editor at [[Overland (literary journal)|Overland]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://overland.org.au/2019/05/the-other-side-of-climate-grief-is-climate-fury/|title=The other side of climate grief is climate fury|last=Mills|first=Jennifer|website=Overland literary journal|date=17 May 2019 |language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-02}}</ref> and a Board Director for the [[Australian Society of Authors]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.asauthors.org/about-us/our-board | title=Our Board - Australian Society of Authors (ASA) }}</ref>
+She is the fiction editor at ''[[Overland (magazine)|Overland]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://overland.org.au/2019/05/the-other-side-of-climate-grief-is-climate-fury/|title=The other side of climate grief is climate fury|last=Mills|first=Jennifer|website=Overland literary journal|date=17 May 2019 |language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-02}}</ref> and a Board Director for the [[Australian Society of Authors]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.asauthors.org/about-us/our-board | title=Our Board - Australian Society of Authors (ASA) }}</ref>
-Her 2018 novel, ''Dyschronia'', was shortlisted for the 2019 [[Miles Franklin Award]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-07-02/miles-franklin-shortlisted-authors-announced/11270448|title='Try being a Leb': Author from Punchbowl shortlisted for Miles Franklin|last=Boland|first=Michaela|date=2019-07-02|website=ABC News|language=en-AU|access-date=2019-07-02}}</ref> and the 2019 [[Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature]] – Fiction.<ref>{{cite web | title=Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature | website=State Library of South Australia | url=https://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/adelaide-festival-awards-for-literature | date=December 2019|access-date=28 January 2020}}</ref>
+Her 2018 novel, ''Dyschronia'', was shortlisted for the 2019 [[Miles Franklin Award]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-07-02/miles-franklin-shortlisted-authors-announced/11270448|title='Try being a Leb': Author from Punchbowl shortlisted for Miles Franklin|last=Boland|first=Michaela|date=2019-07-02|website=ABC News|language=en-AU|access-date=2019-07-02}}</ref> and the 2019 [[Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature]] – Fiction.<ref>{{cite web | title=Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature | website=State Library of South Australia | url=https://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/adelaide-festival-awards-for-literature | date=December 2019 | access-date=28 January 2020 | archive-date=18 May 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220518162940/https://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/adelaide-festival-awards-for-literature | url-status=dead }}</ref>
+==Bibliography==
-== Works ==
 === Novels ===
-* ''The Diamond Anchor'' (University of Queensland Press, 2009)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.uqp.com.au/books/the-diamond-anchor|title=The Diamond Anchor|date=2009-03-30|isbn=978-0-7022-3695-2|last1=Mills |first1=Jennifer }}</ref>
+* ''The Diamond Anchor'' ([[University of Queensland Press]], 2009)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.uqp.com.au/books/the-diamond-anchor|title=The Diamond Anchor|date=2009-03-30|isbn=978-0-7022-3695-2|last1=Mills |first1=Jennifer }}</ref>
 * ''Gone'' (University of Queensland Press, 2011)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.uqp.com.au/books/gone|title=Gone|date=2011-02-28|isbn=978-0-7022-3871-0|last1=Mills |first1=Jennifer }}</ref>
-* ''Dyschronia'' ([[Picador Australi]]), 2018)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dyschronia - Pan Macmillan AU|url=https://www.panmacmillan.com.au/9781760558604|access-date=2022-02-23|website=Pan Macmillan Australia|language=en-AU}}</ref>
+* ''Dyschronia'' ([[Picador Australia]]), 2018)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dyschronia - Pan Macmillan AU|url=https://www.panmacmillan.com.au/9781760558604|access-date=2022-02-23|website=Pan Macmillan Australia|language=en-AU}}</ref>
 *''The Airways'' (Picador Australia, 2021)<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Airways - Pan Macmillan AU|url=https://www.panmacmillan.com.au/9781760980504|access-date=2022-02-23|website=Pan Macmillan Australia|language=en-AU}}</ref>
-=== Short Story Collections ===
+=== Collections ===
+* ''The Rest Is Weight'' ([[University of Queensland Press]], 2012)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.uqp.com.au/books/the-rest-is-weight|title=The Rest is Weight|date=2012-07-02|isbn=978-0-7022-4940-2|last1=Mills |first1=Jennifer }}</ref>
+<!--;Stories<ref>Short stories unless otherwise noted.</ref>
-* ''The Rest is Weight'' ([[University of Queensland Press]], 2012)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.uqp.com.au/books/the-rest-is-weight|title=The Rest is Weight|date=2012-07-02|isbn=978-0-7022-4940-2|last1=Mills |first1=Jennifer }}</ref>
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 === Poetry ===
 * ''Treading Earth'', [[chapbook]] (Press Press, 2009)
-=== Contributed chapter ===
+=== Selected non-fiction ===
-* "Spanners and mirages", pp.&nbsp;107–118, in: ''Destroying the joint'', edited by [[Jane Caro]], Read How You Want (2015, {{ISBN|9781459687295}}).
+* "Spanners and Mirages", pp.&nbsp;107–118, in: ''Destroying the Joint'', edited by [[Jane Caro]] (2015, {{ISBN|9781459687295}}).
+===Selected book reviews===
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+|{{cite journal <!--citation bot bypass-->|author=Mills, Jennifer |date=October 2022 |title=A distant leviathan : Robbie Arnott's realist new novel |journal=Australian Book Review |volume=447 |pages=38}}
+|{{cite book |author=Arnott, Robbie |author-link=Robbie Arnott |title=Limberlost |location= |publisher=Text Publishing |date=2022 <!--|isbn=9781922458766-->}}
+|}
 == References ==
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 == External links ==
-* [http://www.jenjen.com.au/ Official website of Jennifer Mills]
+* [https://jennifermills.net.au/ Official website]
-* [http://www.uqp.uq.edu.au/Author.aspx/1557/ UQP Author page]
+* [https://www.uqp.com.au/authors/jennifer-mills UQP author page]
-* [https://www.panmacmillan.com.au/author/jennifer-mills/ Picador Author page]
+* [https://www.panmacmillan.com.au/author/jennifer-mills/ Picador author page]
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