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Emma Viskic

エマ・ヴィスキック

Ema Viskikku

Profile

Gender
Female
Nationality
Australian
Languages
English
Residence History
Near the Melbourne suburb of Frankston (childhood)

Career

Occupations
Novelist, Musician
Active Years
2015-2024

Education

Victorian College of the Arts
Clarinet
Country: Australia
Trained in classical clarinet
Rotterdam Conservatorium
Clarinet
Country: Netherlands
Trained in classical clarinet

Awards

Ned Kelly Award
2016
Work: Resurrection Bay
Category: Best First Fiction
Organization: Australian Crime Writers Association
Result: Winner
Davitt Award
2016
Work: Resurrection Bay
Category: Best Adult Novel
Organization: Sisters in Crime Australia
Result: Winner
Davitt Award
2016
Work: Resurrection Bay
Category: Best Debut Novel
Organization: Sisters in Crime Australia
Result: Winner
Davitt Award
2016
Work: Resurrection Bay
Category: Readers' Choice
Organization: Sisters in Crime Australia
Result: Winner
Davitt Award
2018
Work: And Fire Came Down
Category: Best Adult Novel
Organization: Sisters in Crime Australia
Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Resurrection Bay

2015 Crime fiction

And Fire Came Down

2017 Crime fiction

Darkness for Light

2019 Crime fiction

Those Who Perish

2022 Crime fiction

Bibliography

  • Resurrection Bay
  • And Fire Came Down
  • Darkness for Light
  • Those Who Perish

Adaptations

  • The Caleb Zelic series has been optioned for television adaptation in the US.

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Lyrical and rhythmic style

Legacy

Australian crime fiction author who won the Ned Kelly Award and multiple Davitt Awards. Known for the Caleb Zelic series.

Trivia

  • Her father is from Dalmatia (Croatia) and her mother is Irish-Australian from Tasmania.
  • Studied classical clarinet at the Victorian College of the Arts and Rotterdam Conservatorium, and performed with José Carreras and Kiri Te Kanawa.
  • Married with two grown daughters.