Elene Catrakilis

Elene Catrakilis is a novelist whose work explores themes of cultural identity, belonging, displacement, faith and the resilience of women.

A graduate of The Creativity Workshop of New York, the Yale Writers' Conference and Workshop, and the Krouna Writing Workshop in Greece, she is an award-winning writer born in South Africa to

Greek-Cypriot parents.

With a deep faith and pride in her

Greek roots, she is a member of the Lyceum Club of Greek Women and the Greek Orthodox Ladies Philoptochos Society.

She lives with her husband in Atlanta, Georgia.