Christine BalintChristine Balint is the author of three novels. Most recently, Water Music won the 2021 Viva la Novella Prize. Her first novel, The Salt Letters, was shortlisted for The Australian / Vogel Literary Award, and was followed by Ophelia’s Fan. Her workhas been published to critical acclaim in Australia, the United States, Germany and Italy, and she was named one of Barnes & Noble’s Great New Writers in 2001. Christine holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in English and Modern European Studies and has undertaken international archival research in French, Italian and Hungarian. She has a PhD in Creative Arts from the University of Melbourne and has taught at the University of Melbourne and RMIT, and currently at La Trobe University. She is the daughter of Hungarian/Transylvanian refugees and lives on Bunurong Land (the Mornington Peninsula) with her partner and two children. Read More Read Less