Eliana CHourmouziadou

Eliana Chourmouziadou was born in 1965 in Athens. She studied French Philology at the School of Philosophy of the University of Athens while working at the National Bank of Greece. During this time, she began writing her first novel, "The Neighborhood of Good Thieves." Since 1991, she has been working at the Cultural Foundation of the National Bank of Greece. Her second novel, "The Secretary," was awarded the 1999 Novel Prize by the magazine "Diavazo." Her short stories and articles have been published in various magazines ("Odos Panos," "Lexi," "Revmata," "Grafi") and newspapers ("Ta Nea," "To Vima"). (photo: Giorgos Pavlidis)