Vangelis Hatziyannidis was born in 1967 in Serres and lives in Athens. He studied law at Athens University and drama at the Veakis school. He worked as an actor for three years before taking up writing.

His first novel, Four Walls won Greek literary magazine Diavazo’s prize for the best new writer in 2001 and has been translated into French, Italian and Spanish. The French edition of Four Walls won the Laure Bataillon Prize for the best foreign book and best translation of the year.

Four Walls will be published by Marion Boyars in August 2006, followed by his second book, Stolen Time in January 2007.

Bibliography:

Four Walls
Stolen Time