An afternoon with Lisa Medved: The Engraver's Secret

Join us for an afternoon book talk with Author Lisa Medved for her new book The Engraver's Secret.

About the The Engraver's Secret:Spanish Netherlands, 1620s: raised by her father Lucas to know her mind, Antonia Vorsterman sees everything that goes on in her world – all the rivalries and jealousies that course through the artists' studios and workshops of Antwerp. Drawn into the lively household of a great painter whose work her father engraves for a living, she begins to see a life of colour and possibility for herself – until Lucas entrusts her with a secret which will alter the course of their family's future.Belgium, present day: haunted by the recent loss of her mother, art academic Charlotte Hubert’s move to Antwerp is ostensibly to research her hero, Baroque artist Peter Paul Rubens, and also to seek answers about the father she has never met. But a startling discovery hidden inside an old map folio turns Charlotte's quiet life into a dangerous hunt for the truth. Nothing is as it appears in the shadowy cloisters of the university, where violence and obsession run deep.Who is better than an engraver's daughter to know the art of cutting to the heart of a mystery, and holding it close until it is ready to be revealed?Inspired by a real feud between Rubens and his chief engraver Lucas Vorsterman, this beautifully immersive debut will appeal to fans of Possession, The Miniaturist and Girl with a Pearl Earring.Lisa Medved is an Australian author who divides her time between Melbourne and The Hague. After completing a Bachelor of Arts in history and fine art from the University of Melbourne, Lisa went on to work in public relations and event management, honing her writing skills for various corporate publications and several magazines in the UK and the Netherlands. The Engraver's Secret is her first novel, and was born out of a passion for history and art, a curiosity in the life of a little-known Flemish engraver and his relationship with a world-renowned painter, and a desire to explore the secrets that can lie beneath the surface of family dynamics. Lisa is currently working on her second novel, which is set in fin-de-siècle Vienna and post-WWI London around the art of Gustav Klimt.

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