Makis Tsitas was born in Yiannitsa in 1971. He studied journalism in Thessaloniki and has worked in radio. He now lives in Athens, where he runs the online literary journal diastixo.gr. A prolific writer of children’s books, he has also written a collection of short stories, which was widely translated, as well as plays and song lyrics. God Is My Witness is his first novel. It was awarded the European Union Prize for Literature in 2014 and has been published in ten languages, with several more translations forthcoming.

"EU PRIZE FOR LITERATURE 2014, ”Tsitas manages to create one of the most interesting characters in Greek literature of recent years.” — Despina Trivoli huffingtonpost.gr “ …Destined to be a classic.” — Nikos Vatopoulos Kathimerin"