title: Coral Petkovich
text: # Coral Petkovich
  
  Coral Petkovich is an Australian writer of biographies and a translator of both Bosnian and Croatian to English.
  
  Her 2012 translation of Selvedin Avdić's 2010 book Seven Terrors was shortlisted for the Science Fiction & Fantasy Translation Awards in 2013.
  
  ## Early life and education
  
  Petkovich was born in Perth to mother May Watson.
  
  She studied at the University of Western Australia.
  
  ## Career
  
  Petkovich has written two biographies, her first being Ivan, From the Adriatic to Pacific published in 2009 by Glass House books is a memoir of Croatian man Ivan Antulich who grew up during World War I. Her second book, May's Story, published in 2016, is a biography of her mother's life.
  
  She has also translated two novels from Bosnian and Croatian into English: Seven Terrors by Selvedin Avdić and Hair Everywhere by Tea Tulić.
  
  Her translation of Seven Terrors was shortlisted for the Science Fiction & Fantasy Translation Awards in 2013 and longlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award in 2013.
  
  ## Personal life
  
  Petkovich lives in Perth, Western Australia.
  
  