Draft:Eva Asprakis

Eva Asprakis (born 26 October 1999) is a contemporary fiction author based in Nicosia, Cyprus. Her first novel, Love and Only Water. , published in September 2022. Her second novel, Thirty-Eight Days of Rain, followed in March 2024.

Early Life and Career
Asprakis was raised in South London by her American mother and Cypriot stepfather, who subsequently adopted her. She has talked openly about the culture clash that she experienced between her biological parents' households as a child, and how this impacted her identity.

Asprakis says she has written for as long as she can remember, and that becoming an author was a matter of when and not if. She signed with a literary agent at nineteen years old, but felt discouraged from writing the character-driven stories that she wanted to. She was also told that 'no one wanted to read about Cyprus', and therefore that her work was not commercially viable.

After self-publishing her books, Love and Only Water and Thirty-Eight Days of Rain, Asprakis appeared on the Literature Panel at the inaugural Cyprus Diaspora Forum (March 2024). She continues to feature on platforms that discuss both writing and identity politics, and her second novel, Thirty-Eight Days of Rain, has received acclaim for its depictions of migration and womanhood.

Personal Life
After moving to Cyprus in her early twenties, Asprakis was legally adopted by her stepfather. She has discussed the difficulties with her biological family, cultural identity and mental health that led to this decision on several podcasts.

Asprakis was married on the 8th of April 2022 and now lives with her husband in Nicosia, Cyprus. At twenty-three, she suffered a missed abortion due to complications with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS). Prior to that, three doctors had told her that she would never conceive. She has admitted to struggling with the loss after her husband was forced abroad due to visa restrictions, and says that she drew on this 'anger' for Thirty-Eight Days of Rain

Books

 * Love and Only Water (2022)
 * Thirty-Eight Days of Rain (2024)