Meike Ziervogel is the founder and director of Peirene Press, an award-winning UK publishing house. Her debut novel ??????Magda?????? was published in 2013 to critical acclaim. It was shortlisted for the Guardian??????s Not the Booker prize, and was nominated as a book of the year 2013 by the Observer, Irish Times and Guardian readers. Meike lives in London with her husband and two children.