Gender:
Female
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Most Referenced Works
Personal Awards
- 2017 highly commended Queensland Poetry Festival Awards — The Val Vallis Award for Unpublished Poetry for 9(after) HER dating app adventures
- 2015 joint winner Queensland Literary Awards — Queensland Premier's Young Publishers and Writers Awards
Awards for Works
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Ask Me About the Future
St Lucia
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University of Queensland Press
,
2020
18936010
2020
selected work
poetry
'Full of zest and flair, Jessen's poems map constellations of desire, loss and longing. Riffing on the future (which isn't what it used to be), dating apps, despair, Bonnie Tyler, Taylor Swift and the lesbian Bachelorette, they are set in interstellar queer utopias, maternity wards and single beds.These are poems of sly surprises, radical vulnerability, dark-edged humour and vast originality.
'Following Jessen's award-winning verse novel, Gap,this collection confirms Jessen as one of the most engaging and talented writers of her generation.' (Publication summary)
- 2020 highly commended Anne Elder Award
- 2021 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry
- 2021 shortlisted Victorian Premier's Literary Awards — Prize for Poetry
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Gap
2013
(Manuscript version)6354258
6354260
2013
single work
novel
'When you’re at the end of the line with nowhere to turn – how far would you go to protect the one you love?
'A man is found dead in an inner-city suburb, a police officer walks the blurry line between duty and loyalty, and a young woman from the wrong side of the tracks is on the run. Ana soon becomes a suspect in the murder investigation, and as sole carer for her younger sister is desperately trying to stay ahead of the law. In a surprising twist, the detective in charge of the case is no stranger and Ana is forced to face her past and the things she has left behind. Unsure of who she can trust and isolated by her crime, Ana is drawn into a passionate affair that breaks all the rules.' (Publication summary)
- 2015 shortlisted Davitt Award — Best Debut
- 2015 longlisted Davitt Award — Best Adult Crime Novel
- 2013 winner Queensland Literary Awards — Emerging Queensland Author - Manuscript Award
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