Stella Petridou

Stella Petridou hails from Skoutaros, Lesvos, where she lived until adulthood. She studied Philosophy, Pedagogy, and Psychology at the University of Ioannina and later graduated from the Coast Guard Academy for Non-Commissioned Officers. Today, she is an active Coast Guard Officer and a mother of three. She is deeply involved in poetry, striving to harmoniously blend it with melody to create beautiful songs. To this end, she has collaborated with notable musicians, and the results of these collaborations are featured in music albums that accompany her poetry collections as inserts. Her poems are also included in several poetry anthologies and both print and online literary magazines. Her work, both musical and poetic, has been recognized and awarded in national and international literary competitions. She is a regular member of the Panhellenic Union of Writers and the Union of Writers of Northern Greece, and she is the creator of the website www.texnesonline.gr, which primarily aims to promote Literature and the Arts in general.