Jelena Dunato is an art historian, curator, speculative fiction writer and lover of all things ancient. She grew up in Croatia on a steady diet of adventure novels and then wandered the world for a decade, building a career in the arts.
Jelena’s stories have been published in Beneath Ceaseless Skies, The Dark, Future SF and Mermaids Monthly, among others. Her novel, Dark Woods, Deep Water, was published in September 2023. She is a member of SFWA and Codex.
Jelena lives on an island in the Adriatic with her husband, daughter and cat.