Dina KafirisBorn in Sydney, Australia, in 1969, of Greek parents, Dina Kafiris entered the literary scene at seventeen following the publication of her first poem. She took her undergraduate degree in English literature and creative writing with a minor in psychlogy at the University of Western Sydney, during which she studied Ethics (philosophy) at Deree - The American College of Greece. She subsequently moved to the UK. Her poetry, fiction and essays have appeared in Mōnolith: Visuals & Verses, Wild Court, American, British and Canadian Studies, The Journal, Nea Synteleia, Horizon Review and Odyssey Magazine, among others. She was a regular member of and collaborator with the Corais group of the Greek literary review Nea Synteleia (New End of the World), under the Greek poet Nanos Valaoritis. Her debut poetry chapbook, The Blinding Light Circling Elpida, in one act, was published by Original Plus in 2014 and is from her forthcoming trilogy 21st-century Modern Greece: The First Decade. She holds an MA in Creative Writing from the University of Leeds and a PhD in Critical and Creative Writing from the University of Wales, Bangor. She was Writer in Residence and Guest Lecturer at Kingston University London and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (UK). Read More Read Less