Lin Van Hek
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Lin Van Hek (aka Lin Van Hecke) is a writer, performer and co-founder of a political theatre performance group called Difficult Women. Lin Van Hek was born in Melbourne but lived in Europe and India for some years. She returned to Australia in the 70s and built a stone house by hand on the Brass Knocker Creek in the middle of the State forest in the southeastern corner of New South Wales.
Van Hek was the lead singer of the electro-dance band called Skin the Wig in the 80s. She co-wrote with Joe Dolce the song Intimacy which was part of The Terminator film. She recorded a solo CD River of Life featuring songs of New Zealand writer, Kath Tait.
She has published two novels: The Hanging Girl and The Ballad of Siddy Church. She has had stories published in two anthologies: Cat Tales: The Meaning of Cats in Women’s Lives, and Horse Dreams: The Meaning of Horses in Women’s Lives. She is a winner of the Melbourne Age Short Story Contest.
Van Hek works with a group of women in North Vietnam designing, manufacturing and trading in silk garments and textiles.
Helen Garner's character "Lilian" is based on Van Hek.
