Elsa Korneti was born in 1969 in Munich, Germany, but grew up in Thessaloniki, Greece and still lives there. Her career has been similarly diverse: studies in finance were followed by work as a journalist; she has published essays, book reviews, translations, short stories, and eight books of poetry. She has won several awards and two poetry collections of her, “A Bouquet of Fishbones” and “The Tin Pearl” were nominated for the Greek National Poetry Award. Part of her work has been translated in nine languages and published in foreign anthologies and literary magazines.