Sophia Kouidou-Giles was born in Thessaloniki, Greece, and was university educated in the US. She holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a master’s in social work. In her over thirty-year child welfare career, she served as a practitioner, educator, researcher, and administrator and published articles in Greek and English professional journals. Her writing has appeared in Voices, Persimmon Tree, Assay, The Raven's Perch, The Time Collection, and The Blue Nib. Transitions and Passages is her poetry book. Her work has appeared in anthologies including The Time Collection, Visual Verse, and Art in the Time of Unbearable Crisis. Her memoir, Επιστροφή Στη Θεσσαλονίκη/Return to Thessaloniki, was published in Greek by Tyrfi Press. The English version, Sophia’s Return: Uncovering My Mother’s Past, was published by She Writes Press in 2021. Her novel, An Unexpected Ally: A Greek Tale of Love, Revenge and Redemption is forthcoming in October 2023. Sophia lives in Seattle, Washington, near her son, daughter-in-law, and two grandsons.