'Cokelat Postmortem' released at Gramedia

'Cokelat Postmortem' released at Gramedia

YOGYAKARTA: A novel titled Cokelat Postmortem written by Gadjah
Mada University (UGM) paleoantropologist and lecturer-turned-
novelist Etty Indriati was launched at Gramedia bookstore here
last weekend.

Speaking at the launch ceremony, Etty said that the novel was
her first work of fiction and was written as science fiction with
a murder case as its setting.

What is considered unique in this novel is the way the mystery
of the murder case is revealed through the identification of bone
remains, the area of expertise of the author.

"It is science fiction spiced with romance to make it more
lively," said Etty, whose scientific publications have been
published in numerous international journals in France, Japan,
the U.S. and Australia.

The author of Anthropologi Forensik and Menulis Karya Ilmiah
published by Gadjah Mada University Press and Gramedia Pustaka
Utama respectively, Etty is also the recipient of numerous
citations, including the Albert Dahlberg and Kenneth Holland
awards and one for Women's International Science Collaboration
(from the American Association for the Advancement of Science,
New York).

She completed her undergraduate studies at the UGM school of
dentistry and gained her doctorate in paleoanthropology at the
University of Chicago. -- JP