Emma Jane (born November 1969), previously known as Emma Tom, is an Australian media commentator.She writes a weekly column for The Australian newspaper and also makes regular appearances on Australian television and radio.She has written six books including Deadset, a first novel which won the 1998 Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book for South East Asia and the South Pacific.She has sung and played bass in Australian rock bands The Titanics (with her then-husband David McCormack) and 16dd, and has completed a PhD at the University of New South Wales' Journalism and Media Research Centre (JMRC).