Her Father's Daughter

Alice Pung’s first book, Unpolished Gem, won the Australian Book Industry Newcomer of the Year Award and was nominated for the Victorian and New South Wales premiers’ literary awards. She edited the anthology Growing Up Asian in Australia and her work has appeared in the Monthly, Good Weekend, the Age, The Best Australian Stories and Meanjin.

Dana Miltins studied acting at the Centre for the Performing Arts in Adelaide, and The Stella Adler Studio of Acting in New York. She’s worked in theatre, film and television both in Australia and the United States. Recent credits include: shows for Sydney Theatre Company, Griffin Independent and Melbourne Workers Theatre; and appearances on McLeod’s Daughters and The Pacific. Dana is also passionately involved with an exciting Australian theatre company, The Rabble, and she has performed in Cageling, The Bedroom Project, and Salome for the company.