Sophia Kouidou-Giles

Sophia Kouidou-Giles was born in Thessaloniki, Greece, and was university educated in the US. She holds a bachelor's degree in psychology and a master's in social work. In her more than thirty-year child welfare career, she served as a practitioner, educator, researcher, and administrator and published articles in Greek and English professional journals. Her writing has appeared in Voices, Persimmon Tree, Assay, The Raven's Perch, The Time Collection, and The Blue Nib. Her poetry chapbook is Transitions and Passages. Her work has appeared in anthologies, including The Time Collection, Visual Verse, and Art in the Time of Unbearable Crisis. In 2019, her memoir, Return to Thessaloniki, was published in Greek. The English version, Sophia's Return: Uncovering My Mother's Past, was published in 2021. She is also author of An Unexpected Ally: A Greek Tale of Love, Revenge, and Redemption. Sophia lives in Seattle, Washington, near her son, daughter-in-law, and two grandsons.