Vasia Tzanakari (born 1980, in Serres) studied English language and literature at the Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki and translation at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She has written two novels, two collections of short stories, a book for children and has participated in collective works. She was nominated for the Diavázo magazine’s New Writer Award for her first book, Eleven Little Murders: Stories Inspired by Nick Cave Songs (2008). In 2021 Tzanakaris’ book, Adelfiko, was shortlisted for the anagnostis Novel Prize, the Athens Prize for Literature of the Greek Journal  (de)kata and the Klepsydra magazine’s Prize. She has translated works by Virginia Woolf, Margaret Atwood, Nick Cave, Ian Rankin, etc.