Authors

Amanda Michalopoulou is the author of six novels, three short story collections, and a series of children’s books. One of Greece’s leading contemporary writers, Michalopoulou has won the country’s highest literary awards, including the Revmata Prize, the Diavazo Award and the Athens Academy Prize. Her short-story collection, I’d Like, was longlisted for the Best Translated Book Award by the University of Rochester, USA.

Kostas Katsoularis was born in Arta, Greece in 1968. He studied in Athens, Salonica and Paris. He is the author of three novels, two novellas, and a collection of short stories. His short story, “The shoes and the Trousers”, from his collection Mikros Daktylios (2007), was included in ATHEN. Eine Literarische Einladung, published by Wagenbach in 2008…

Christos Ikonomou was born in Athens in 1970. He has written two collections of short stories: The Woman on the Rails, (2003), and Something will Happen, You’ll See, (2010), which has won the prestigious Best Short-Story Collection State Award and became the most reviewed Greek book of 2011. Something will Happen, you’ll See has been translated into Italian (Editori Riuniti, 2012)…

Makis Tsitas was born in Yiannitsa in 1971. He studied journalism in Thessaloniki and has worked in radio. He has published a collection of short stories, Patty from Petroula, (Kastaniotis, 1996) and fifteen books for children. God Is My Witness, (Kichli Publishing, 2013), which won the 2014 European Union Prize for Literature, is his first novel.

Eleni is a best-selling author, educator and sustainability specialist, born in London to Greek parents. She earned her Masters at Harvard University focusing on Environmental Policy and Media, and has presented, produced and consulted for a variety of channels and media organisations. Her best-selling Planet Agents book series won the State Award for Children's Knowledge Book in Greece and was shortlisted for several national awards.