Fiona Kelmann is the granddaughter of four Holocaust survivors. She holds bachelor’s degrees in law and arts, as well as a postgraduate diploma in Human Rights Law. Fiona worked as a lawyer and law lecturer before undertaking a course in Holocaust studies at the Melbourne Holocaust Museum. From 2012 to 2019, she served as an Education Officer at the Melbourne Holocaust Museum, and from 2020 to 2025, she held the role of Assistant Curator. She continues to work on projects at the Melbourne Holocaust Museum.
Fiona is the editor of Spark of Hope, the autobiography of her grandmother, Luba Goldberg, published by Amsterdam Publishers in 2024.
Irmgard. The Girl from Dresden marks her debut as an author.