Eva Asprakis was raised in South London by her American mother and Cypriot stepfather, who subsequently adopted her. She now lives in Nicosia with her partner, and is the author of two contemporary fiction novels. Her work explores complex family dynamics, cultural identity, and the essence of womanhood. Her latest novel, Thirty-Eight Days of Rain, received the Ink Book Prize for Fiction (September 2024).
What's in a name?
By the time her first book published, Eva had accumulated four surnames. She had her mother's French-Canadian name. She had the name that was on her British passport. She had her Cypriot family name, gained after her adoption. And, newly, she had her married name.
An element omnipresent in Eva's work is a fractured sense of self, and the struggle to reconcile aspects of an unconventional background. By translating her American name into Greek, she sought to honor two of the earliest influences on her life and work.