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Emma Viskic

Australian novelist and musician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Emma Viskic is an Australian novelist and musician.[1]

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Biography

Viskic grew up near the Melbourne suburb of Frankston.[2] Her father is from Dalmatia and her mother is Irish-Australian from Tasmania.[2]

Viskic won the Ned Kelly Award for Best First Fiction in 2016 for Resurrection Bay[3] and the Davitt Awards for Best Adult Novel, Best Debut Novel and readers' choice,[4] as well as the Davitt Award for Best Adult Novel in 2018 for And Fire Came Down.[5]

The Caleb Zelic series has been optioned for television adaptation in the US.[5]

Personal life

She is married with two grown daughters.[2]

Viskic trained in classical clarinet at the Victorian College of the Arts and the Rotterdam Conservatorium in The Netherlands[6] before working as a chamber musician,[2][7] including performing with José Carreras and Kiri Te Kanawa.[1]

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Bibliography

Caleb Zelic Series

  • Resurrection Bay (2015)
  • And Fire Came Down (2017)
  • Darkness for Light (2019)
  • Those Who Perish (2022)

References

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