By the Book

Ramona Koval was born in 1954 in Australia. She is a broadcaster, writer and journalist. Koval has written several books, including a novel, Samovar, and a cookbook Jewish Cooking, Jewish Cooks. She has written for many newspapers and international journals, and her interviews have been published in book form. Her latest collection of Radio National interviews is Tasting Life Twice: Conversations with Remarkable Writers, published by ABC Books. In 1995 Koval won the Order of Australia Media Award for a series of radio programs entitled "Writing from the Centre" and broadcast on ABC Radio National. Koval has served on the board of the Australian Book Review.

In 2015 she was appointed Honorary Fellow at the Centre for Advancing Journalism, University of Melbourne. Also in 2015 her title Bloodhound: Searching for My Father met with wide acclaim among the critics.She will be featured at the Mudgee Readers' Festival 2015.

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