Katharina Tiwald (1979) was born and raised in Austria’s Südburgenland region and studied Linguistics and Russian Language and Literature in Saint Petersburg and Glasgow. Her list of publications includes novels, tourism news stories, theatrical plays, poems and essays, and she has been the recipient of many awards and scholarships. Her theatrical play Marinas Letzte Briefe: Poem für Zwetajeva (Marina’s Last Letters: A Poem for Tsvetaeva) is due to open in 2019 at Drachengasse Theater in Vienna. She also works as part-time teacher at NMS Hauptschule in Vienna.