Hoa Pham is the author of six books and two plays. Her most recent novel, Wave, was published in 2015. Hoa's most recent piece is The Lady of the Realm, in the Review of Australian Fiction. Her play Silence was on the VCE Drama list in 2010. She is also the founder of Peril Magazine, an Asian-Australian online arts and culture magazine. She has completed her doctorate in creative arts and also holds master's degrees in creative writing and psychology. She lives in Melbourne with her partner, their two children, and a Shiba Inu who tolerates their company.

"Empathy’s depiction of clones who fight to stay together reads as a critique of rampant individualism under colonial capitalism. A critique that also confronts the biological governance of populations where bodies are either tested on or discarded under eugenicist frameworks intended to optimise health and enhance reproductivity. Pham creates an uncomfortably familiar world where government agendas supersede community needs, even as individuals are controlled through their various mechanisms."—Timmah Ball, Meanjin

Hoa Pham is the author of six books and two plays. Her most recent novel, Wave, was published in 2015. Hoa's most recent piece is The Lady of the Realm, in the Review of Australian Fiction. Her play Silence was on the VCE Drama list in 2010. She is also the founder of Peril Magazine, an Asian-Australian online arts and culture magazine. She has completed her doctorate in creative arts and also holds master's degrees in creative writing and psychology. She lives in Melbourne with her partner, their two children, and a Shiba Inu who tolerates their company.

"Empathy’s depiction of clones who fight to stay together reads as a critique of rampant individualism under colonial capitalism. A critique that also confronts the biological governance of populations where bodies are either tested on or discarded under eugenicist frameworks intended to optimise health and enhance reproductivity. Pham creates an uncomfortably familiar world where government agendas supersede community needs, even as individuals are controlled through their various mechanisms."—Timmah Ball, Meanjin

Hoa Pham is the author of six books and two plays. Her most recent novel, Wave, was published in 2015. Hoa's most recent piece is The Lady of the Realm, in the Review of Australian Fiction. Her play Silence was on the VCE Drama list in 2010. She is also the founder of Peril Magazine, an Asian-Australian online arts and culture magazine. She has completed her doctorate in creative arts and also holds master's degrees in creative writing and psychology. She lives in Melbourne with her partner, their two children, and a Shiba Inu who tolerates their company.

"Empathy’s depiction of clones who fight to stay together reads as a critique of rampant individualism under colonial capitalism. A critique that also confronts the biological governance of populations where bodies are either tested on or discarded under eugenicist frameworks intended to optimise health and enhance reproductivity. Pham creates an uncomfortably familiar world where government agendas supersede community needs, even as individuals are controlled through their various mechanisms."—Timmah Ball, Meanjin