I am a creative writer, originally from Sarajevo, Bosnia. The Bosnian War divided my childhood between the Balkans and Spain, and much of my work—fiction, poetry, and memoir—draws heavily from the tastes, sights, and sounds of southern Europe.

My chapbook of flash fiction, We Cradled Each Other in the Air, came out in 2017, and my stories, poems, and essays have appeared in World Literature Today, The Rumpus, The Greensboro Review, The Baltimore Review, New Ohio Review, Zone 3, Notre Dame Review, and other journals. I hold an M.F.A. in creative writing and an M.A. in Hispanic literature from Indiana University, where I served as associate nonfiction editor to Indiana Review.

I am completing a short story collection that explores pockets of life in southern Europe following the war in the Balkans. The manuscript was selected as a semifinalist by Black Lawrence Press for the 2021 St. Lawrence Book Award, a semifinalist by Ohio State University Press for the 2022 Non/Fiction Collection Prize, and a semifinalist by Iron Horse Literary Review for the Iron Horse Book Prize.

Stories from this collection have also appeared in The Baltimore Review, The Cortland Review, The Greensboro Review, Epiphany, World Literature Today, and Terrain.org.

I am currently at work on a novel.