Giannis Makridakis (gr: Γιάννης Μακριδάκης) was born in Chios in 1971 and studied mathematics. He organizes research and educational programmes and edits publications for the Chios Studies Centre, which he founded in 1997. He edits the three-monthly magazine Pelinnaio and has published two books on the history of Chios. His first novel Anamisis Denekes, published by Hestia in 2008, is already in its fourth edition and translated into Turkish.









