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Edita Mujkic

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Born
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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August 2021


Edita Mujkić is an award-winning author and a National Ambassador for the Refugee Council of Australia.

Originally from Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, she has lived in Melbourne, Australia since 1994.

Her first book, Between Before and After, is the winner of several international awards. In the UK, it was the runner-up in the Hunter Davies Lakeland Book of the Year 2023 and was awarded the Bookends Prize for People & Business. In Australia, while writing her memoir, Mujkić won several awards and was shortlisted for others.

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Between Before and After

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