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Lidija Hilje

Lidija Hilje
Lidija Hilje is a Croatian novelist and certified book coach. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times and other outlets. After ten years of trying cases before Croatian courts, she obtained a book coaching certification and has been working professionally with writers ever since. She lives in Zadar, Croatia, with her husband and two daughters. Slanting Towards the Sea is her first novel.


Croatia as a Character? Lidija Hilje on Trying—and Failing—to Write a Universal Story

“Even though I did my best to tune out Croatia, this proved to be an impossible task.”
July 8, 2025  By Lidija Hilje
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