Emma A. Jane (born 1969),[1] previously known as Emma Tom,[2] is an Australian professor, author, and journalist.
She once wrote a weekly column for The Australian[3] newspaper and made regular appearances on Australian television and radio.[4] She received an Edna Ryan Award in 2001 for humour. Jane has written ten books including Deadset, a first novel which won the 1998 Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book for South East Asia and the South Pacific.[5]
Jane completed a PhD at the University of New South Wales' Journalism and Media Research Centre (JMRC),[6] where she then became an associate professor. Her areas of research include communication, media studies, culture, and gender and sexuality.[7]
She has sung and played bass in Australian rock bands The Titanics (with her then-husband David McCormack)[8] and 16dd.[9]
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