How does a character like Caleb Zelic come to be?

Crime novelist Emma Viskic is in the middle of writing the fourth novel in her Caleb Zelic series. The deaf character has interesting origins, which Emma explains in this discussion with Tom Ravlic. She also talks about the impact of COVID on writing and how this fourth novel of the series is intended to be the last. It is clear from the discussion that Caleb Zelic deserves a holiday! The chat also explores origins and ethnicity and how a character can be created unwittingly from life experiences the author might not even have been consciously putting into words. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.