Emma Jane previously known as Emma Tom, is an Australian media commentator.

She writes a weekly column for The Australian

The Australian

The Australian is a broadsheet newspaper published in Australia from Monday to Saturday each week since 14 July 1964. The editor in chief is Chris Mitchell, the editor is Clive Mathieson and the 'editor-at-large' is Paul Kelly....

newspaper and also makes regular appearances on Australian television and radio.

She has written six books including Deadset, a first novel which won the 1998 Commonwealth Writers' Prize

Commonwealth Writers' Prize

Commonwealth Writers is an initiative by the Commonwealth Foundation to unearth, develop and promote the best new fiction from across the Commonwealth. It's flagship are two literary awards and a website...

 for Best First Book for South East Asia and the South Pacific.

She has sung and played bass in Australian rock bands The Titanics (with her then-husband David McCormack

David McCormack

David McCormack is an Australian musician and singer-songwriter who fronted Brisbane-based rock group Custard .-Early groups:...

) and 16dd, and is completing a PhD at the University of New South Wales

University of New South Wales

The University of New South Wales , is a research-focused university based in Kensington, a suburb in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...

' Journalism and Media Research Centre (JMRC).

Works

• Deadset, Vintage, 1997, ISBN 9780091834418
• Babewatch, Hodder Headline, 1998, ISBN 9780733609541
• Evidence, HarperCollins Publishers Australia, 2002, ISBN 9780732273965
• Something about Mary: From Girl about Town to Crown Princess, Pluto Press, 2005, ISBN 9781864032734
• Bali: paradise lost?, Pluto Press Australia, 2006, ISBN 9781864033533
• Attack of the Fifty-Foot Hormones: Your One-Stop Survival Guide to Staying Sane During Pregnancy, HarperCollins Publishers Australia, 2009, ISBN 9780732286729

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