Marija Pericic is the author of Exquisite Corpse, which was shortlisted for the Davitt Award, and The Lost Pages, which won The Australian/Vogel’s LiteraryAward, was shortlisted for the Readings Prize and for which she was named a Sydney Morning Herald Best Young novelist. Her short stories, essays and poetry have appeared in Meanjin, Going Down Swinging, and The Big Issue Fiction Edition. Marija lives and works in Naarm/Melbourne on the unceded lands of the Wurundjeri People.