Val Colic-Peisker

 

Val Colic-Peisker is a native of Croatia, in Australia since 1995. She worked as a high-school teacher, journalist, radio presenter and producer, freelance writer and translator. After relocating in Australia, she spent over 20 years as a full-time academic in Perth, WA and Melbourne, teaching sociology and research methods. Val’s hundred research publications include five books, fifty academic journal papers, many research reports, book chapters, encyclopedia entries and contributions to mainstream media. At the end of 2020, she opted out of full-time work in order to devote more time to her sanity-preserving activities, creative writing and hiking. Val’s lived in northern Tasmania since 2022. 

Val's first novel, Francesca Multimortal, was published in 2023.

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Links:

https://findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/profile/882196-val-colic-peisker

https://www.fortysouth.com.au/goodbye-gowrie-park (an article published in September 2024)

https://ashwoodpublishing.com.au/francesca-multimortal/

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/182117380-francesca-multimortal

https://www.facebook.com/val.colicpeisker/

 

"Francesca Multimortal is a daring and profound novel that cascades through the reincarnations of Francesca as she lives out her lives at pivotal points in European history. Recently diagnosed with terminal cancer, the latest Francesca is 58 years old and living in Covid-stricken Melbourne. It is from this vantage point that the previous lives unfold with a subtle and mesmerising force. A beautifully realised novel that opens up the dimensions of life and how it is to be a woman."

     —Judges’ comments, Dorothy Hewett Award for an Unpublished Manuscript 2023

"The creative and imaginative flair of this novel is matched by meticulous research and carefully curated historical detail. But be assured this is a jaunty tale with fascinating twists and turns as we come to love and learn from the Francesca(s)"

     —Charlotte Williams OBE, award-winning Welsh-Guyanese author, academic and cultural critic

"The development of the characters of the various Francescas within thought-provoking historical contexts makes for an engrossing read. The novel provides a stark reminder of how women have been suppressed over the centuries."

     —John Inverarity, Educator and Australian test cricketer and selector