I was born in Piraeus. I spent my childhood and adolescence in Athens and Salonica, two  cities I came to adore. I grew up in the theatre and by that impetus I decided to become an actress. I studied at the National Theatre Drama School. For a time, I worked on stage, television and cinema. When I realized acting wasn’t exactly what I wanted, I tried to expand my horizons. I studied at the Faculty of Theatre Studies of the University of Athens. I pursued postgraduate studies in London. I lived there for three years. I was awarded a doctorate. The day I completed it, I knew that there was no chance I would ever embark on an academic career; that, ultimately, the only reason I spent endless hours researching, writing and deleting, was to learn how to handle a story, set it up and narrate it. That is how I started writing, and that is how I finished my first novel.