Vesna Main is the author of several novels and short stories. She was born in Zagreb, Croatia, where she gained a BA in English and Comparative Literature. Very early in her life, her sense of not belonging to any particular national culture led her to the idea of studying literary texts across national and linguistic boundaries. Passionate about Shakespeare, Main completed an MA in Shakespeare Studies and a Phd in Elizabethan Drama at the Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham. She has taught literature at universities in Nigeria, Croatia, and the UK