Eva Sallis Eva Sallis was born in Bendigo. She has an MA in literature and a PhD in comparative literature from The University of Adelaide where she now teaches. She won The Australian/Vogel Literary Award in 1997 for her first nove, Hiam. Eva's second novel, The City of Sealions, was published in 2002 and her most recent novel, Mahjar, followed in 2003. Read More Read Less