Bio:Panagiotis Koustas

Born in 1965, in Athens, Greece, Panagiotis Koustas studied Economics and Drama, then proceeded to "work very hard at not having a career". So far this noncareer has embraced translation, journalism, scripts for television and comics, science fiction short stories, and a great number of day jobs. His first book "Eksi Disekatommyria Tropoi Zois" (a rough translation of the title could be "6.000.000.000 Lifestyles") was published in Greece, by Triton Books, in July 2007.

"Athos Emfovos in the Temple of Sound" is, up today, his only short story translated in English, as a part of the anthology "The SFWA European Hall of Fame", edited by James Morrow & Kathy Morrow, Tor Books, 2007. The story first appeared, in Greek, as "O Athos Emfovos sto Nao toy Ihou", in "9" magazine, #133, January 22, 2003. The same magazine, a weekly supplement for comics and science fiction of the major Greek newspaper "Eleftherotypia", also published most of Koustas' short stories up to now.

Panagiotis Koustas is also a member of ALEF (Science Fiction Club of Athens) and part of the production team of the annual SFF-Rated Film Festival, that "started out as a retrospective of Greek genre Short Films, but it quickly evolved into a truly international event, always in the SFF-rated land of moving images, because: Science Fiction & Fantasy is where imagination doesn’t just play the game -it makes the rules" His blog is called "TALES OF A CRAZY WORLD".

SOURCES: A)Writer's Bio in "The SFWA European Hall of Fame" B)SITE: www.alef.gr (MEMBERS/ Panagiotis Koustas) C)BLOG: TALES OF A CRAZY WORLD (http://keipi.blogspot.com) D)BLOG: SFF-rated Athens Intl Sci-Fi & Fantasy Film Festival(http://sffrated.wordpress.com)