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Fotini Tsalikoglou

Born in Athens, Greece, Fotini Tsalikoglou studied psychology at the University of Geneva. She is Professor of Psychology in Athens and the author of many celebrated novels published in Greece, including Eros Pharmakopoios, I Dreamed I Was Well, and I, Martha Freud. The Secret Sister is her English language debut. Email: fotini.tsalikoglou@gmail.com

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s 2015 comes to a close, we again look back to the year in translation. The end of 2015 marked two new beginnings: a new independent publisher, Spurl Edition, released its first translation in November as a free ebook and will follow with its second translated title in spring...

— World Literature Today, Dec 15 2015

In her English-language debut, Greek novelist Fotini Tsalikoglou explores the spaces between the past and the future through an intimate glimpse at the lives of immigrants both leaving and returning to their homeland.

— World Literature Today, Oct 26 2015

If Johnson's novel examines the secrets kept by a community, Fotini Tsalikoglou's The Secret Sister (trans. Mary Kitroeff, Europa Editions, £8.99) focuses on those nurtured by a single family. Thirty-something American-Greek Jonathan Argyriou is travelling to his family's homeland...

— Jan 22 2015

The Secret Sister by Fotini Tsalikoglou, book review: Journey into a nightmare Saturday 17 January 2015 Suzanne Joinson Just as numerous American writers rushed to tackle 9/11 in fiction, contemporary Greek writing is currently awash with interpretations of “the...

— Jan 17 2015

Greek tragedies: The Secret Sister is a novel about the impossibility of escaping the past Lucy Scholes January 15, 2015 The Secret Sister is the Greek ¬author Fotini Tsalikoglou’s first novel to be translated into English. At just more than 100 pages, it’s...

— Jan 15 2015