Genevieve Novak

Author. Editor.
Croissant enthusiast.

Line drawing of a smiling dog lying down with ears up and tail extended to the side.
Black and white portrait of a woman wearing glasses, with shoulder-length hair, posing indoors.

Slightly salty.

Very refreshing.

Genevieve is a bestselling author, editor and columnist from Naarm / Melbourne.

Her novels, No Hard Feelings and Crushing, have been published in Australia, New Zealand, Germany and the UK, and serve as a cursed mirror to neurotic women everywhere. Her work has also appeared in The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Daily Telegraph, and more. She has twice been shortlisted for Booktopia’s Favourite Australian Book Award.

Genevieve has a Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing from the University of Adelaide and seriously considers quitting the biz every three years to pursue a PhD in Russian History.

She loves whiny ’70s folk music and her dog, Heidi. She hates being called Gen.

Work

No Hard Feelings No Hard Feelings
Crushing Crushing

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Australia & New Zealand
UK & Ireland
Germany & Austria

  • Genevieve Novak writes some of the most relatable characters in Australia; she wears her heart on the jacket of her book. ... [Her] honesty and absorbing characters make her voice so unique and compelling.

    The Australian

  • Clever, funny and surprisingly sweet.

    Toni Jordan

  • A sharp, funny and biting exploration of a classic millennial existential crisis.

    Books+Publishing

  • Mostly made me feel sad for straight women but by the end I was vaguely annoyed by the whole thing. Two stars.

    Someone on Goodreads

Events

Please don’t ask me to leave my house.

Get in touch

Acquisitions, options, effusive professional praise

Jane Novak Literary Agency
(no relation, just a cute coincidence)

Editing enquiries

Love letters

Just so you know 💙

I’ve outed awful men and their gross messages to their families and employers before, and I’ll do it again.