Meg Mason is a New Zealand-born author celebrated for her novel Sorrow and Bliss, which was shortlisted for the 2022 Women's Prize for Fiction. She has an illustrious career as a journalist with her writings featured in esteemed publications like The Financial Times, Vogue, and The New Yorker.

Mason's literary influences include the likes of Jane Austen and George Saunders. Beginning her career at The Financial Times and The Times of London, her work has expanded to include contributions to The Sunday Times, The Sydney Morning Herald, and The Sunday Telegraph. Her humor and style have found a place in The New Yorker and Sunday STYLE, among other notable magazines.

Mason embarked on her journey as an author with a memoir about early motherhood titled Say It Again in a Nice Voice, published in 2012. This was followed by her novel You Be Mother in 2017. Sorrow and Bliss was first published in Australia in 2020 and subsequently in the US in February 2021, with a scheduled release in the UK in June. Meg Mason resides in Sydney.