Tassoula Eptakili was born in 1968 in Samos and grew up in Piraeus. She graduated from the Department of Classical Philology of the University of Athens, but preferred journalism to a teaching career. She has worked on the radio (Melodia FM 99.2 and Athens 9.84 among others), in newspapers and magazines. Since 2003 she has been a staff editor at the newspaper "Kathimerini". She has written four books for adults and three for children. She has presented the television show "Tales for tails", on ERT, with stories about animals. She lives in Athens.