Nikolina Andova Shopova was born 1978 in Skopje. She graduated from the Faculty of Philology (Macedonian and South Slavic literature) at the St Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje. She writes poetry and her haiku takes part in the anthology of the new wave of Macedonian haiku. She has published two books of poetry The entrance is on the other side (2013) and Connect the dots (2014). Her first book The entrance is on the other side was awarded with the prestigious award Bridges of Struga in 2013, award of UNESCO and the Struga Poetry evenings for best debut book. Her poems are translated into many languages and they take part in many anthologies of Macedonian poetry. Besides poetry, she writes short stories and poems for children. In 2018, she published her first novel Someone was here.