Joanna Pettersson (pen name) was born in Slupsk, in northern Poland. She received her MA in Scandinavian languages from Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, and achieved her PhD in linguistics at the University of Lund. Since then, she works as a university lecturer. Currently, she holds the position of professor of translation theory and intercultural communication at a university in Norway.In her free time, she writes fiction. She published two novels: Rozbita Tarcza (Broken Shield), 2018; and Alter, 2020; and collections of short stories: Opowiesci z Nordponte (Tales from Nordponte), 2011; Szczesciarze (The Lucky Ones), 2012, and Potepiency (The Condemned Ones), 2013. The latter book was qualified for the Angelus Award (an award for Central European authors) in 2014. Two of her short stories: Wheatherby, 2016, and Dom pod polnocnym lasem (A House by the Northern Forest), 2021, were awarded in literary competitions.