Alice Nelson

Alice Nelson is an Australian novelist who lived for many years in New York. She was named the Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Australian Novelist for her first novel, The Last Sky, which also won the TAG Hungerford Award. Her second novel The Children’s House was published to critical acclaim in Australia, France and Germany, and long-listed for several awards. Alice’s short fiction, essays and reviews have appeared in a range of international publications. Alice now lives in the south of France.

Books by Alice Nelson

The Children's House

Alice Nelson

Reminiscent of Colm Toibin’s Brooklyn, this is a breakthrough novel from a humane and perceptive writer exploring the traumas that divide families and the love and hope that creates them.

Faithless

Alice Nelson

SHORTLISTED FOR THE AGE BOOK OF THE YEAR

Faithless is a remarkable story about love, literature, family, mortality and that which survives mortality, among other profound human experiences.
Michael Cunningham, Pulitzer Prizewinner for The Hours