Katherine Kovacic was a veterinarian but preferred training dogs to taking their temperatures. She seized the chance to return to study and earned an MA, followed by a PhD, in Art History. Katherine spends her spare time writing, dancing and teaching other people’s dogs to ride skateboards. She lives in suburban Melbourne with Leonardo the borzoi, Oberon the Scottish deerhound and a legion of dog-fur dust bunnies. In 2012 she was longlisted for the Voiceless Writing Prize and in 2017 she was runner-up in the Australian Crime Writers’ Association’s SD Harvey Short Story Award. The Portrait of Molly Dean is her debut novel.
