M.J. Hyland Books in Order
M.J. Hyland is a critically acclaimed author born in London to Irish parents. She spent her early childhood in Dublin before moving to Australia to study English and law at the University of Melbourne. After completing her studies, Hyland worked as a lawyer for several years before transitioning to a successful writing career. Her debut novel, How the Light Gets In (2003), garnered significant attention, being shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, the Age Book of the Year, and the Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Award, where it took third place. It also won the Best Young Australian Novelist Award. Her subsequent novel, Carry Me Down (2006), won the Encore Prize and the Hawthornden Prize, and was shortlisted for the prestigious Man Booker Prize.
Bibliography verified: January 2026
Book Series by M.J. Hyland
- #1AmazonThe BBC National Short Story Award 2010 (By: Helen Oyeyemi,David Constantine,Sarah Hall,Aminatta Forna,Jon McGregor)(2010)
- #2AmazonThe BBC National Short Story Award 2011 (With: Alison MacLeod,Jon McGregor,K.J. Orr,Sue MacGregor)(2011)
- #3AmazonThe BBC National Short Story Award 2013 (By: Lionel Shriver,Sarah Hall,Lavinia Greenlaw,Lucy Wood)(2013)
- #4AmazonThe BBC National Short Story Award 2014 (By: Tessa Hadley,Lionel Shriver,Zadie Smith,Rose Tremain,Francesca Rhydderch,Alan Yentob)(2014)
- #5AmazonThe BBC National Short Story Award 2015 (By: Jeremy Page)(2015)
- #6AmazonThe BBC National Short Story Award 2017 (By: Joanna Trollope,Helen Oyeyemi,Jenni Fagan,Benjamin Markovits,Will Eaves,Cynan Jones)(2017)
- #7AmazonThe BBC National Short Story Award 2018 (By: Kerry Andrew,Sarah Hall,Ingrid Persaud,Nell Stevens,Kiare Ladner,Stig Abell)(2018)
- #8AmazonThe BBC National Short Story Award 2019 (By: Lucy Caldwell,Jo Lloyd,Lynda Clark,Jacqueline Crooks,Nikki Bedi)(2019)
- #9AmazonThe BBC National Short Story Award 2020 (By: Eley Williams,Sarah Hall,Caleb Azumah Nelson,Jan Carson,Jack Houston)(2020)
- #10AmazonThe BBC National Short Story Award 2021 (By: Danny Rhodes,James Runcie,Richard Smyth,Lucy Caldwell,Rory Gleeson,Georgina Harding)(2021)
- #11AmazonThe BBC National Short Story Award 2022 (By: Kerry Andrew,Elizabeth Day,Jenn Ashworth,Anna Bailey,Vanessa Onwuemezi,Saba Sams)(2022)
- #12AmazonThe BBC National Short Story Award 2023 (By: Kamila Shamsie,ReetaChakrabarti,NickMulgrew,NaomiWood,CheriseSaywell,KPatrick)(2023)
- #13AmazonThe BBC National Short Story Award 2024 (By: Lucy Caldwell,Ross Raisin,Will Boast,Manish Chauhan,Paddy O’Connell,Vee Walker)(2024)
- #14AmazonThe Best Australian Essays: A Ten-Year Collection(2011)
- #15AmazonThe BBC International Short Story Award 2012(2012)
- #16AmazonThe Best British Short Stories 2013(2012)
- #17AmazonSpindles(2016)
About M.J. Hyland
M.J. Hyland is a critically acclaimed author born in London to Irish parents. She spent her early childhood in Dublin before moving to Australia to study English and law at the University of Melbourne. After completing her studies, Hyland worked as a lawyer for several years before transitioning to a successful writing career. Her debut novel, How the Light Gets In (2003), garnered significant attention, being shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, the Age Book of the Year, and the Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Award, where it took third place. It also won the Best Young Australian Novelist Award. Her subsequent novel, Carry Me Down (2006), won the Encore Prize and the Hawthornden Prize, and was shortlisted for the prestigious Man Booker Prize.
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