Eftychia Giannaki is the author of a crime fiction series set in contemporary Greece featuring a homicide detective Haris Kokkinos. She was born and raised in Athens. She studied computer science, music technology, and communication. She has worked for several years in secondary education and currently she teaches creative writing.
In the past, her novel titled “Hardcore” was published (Oceanida publishings), under the pen name Aleka Laskou. In 2004 the book was adapted for a movie, which came out under the same title “Hardcore – The movie”, directed by Dennis Iliadis.