Dominic Fotia migrated to Australia from southern Italy as a child and grew up in a rural community shaped by migrant experience, cultural transition, and the pressures of belonging. He later completed a Diploma in English Literature at Deakin University and has spent over four decades running a successful jewellery business in regional Victoria.His writing draws on a lifelong interest in identity, family, migration and the complexities of multicultural Australia. Inspired by contemporary Australian fiction he seeks to explore the tensions between tradition and modern life with empathy and authenticity. Burning on Australian Soil is his debut novel.