Penelope Zaloni was born and raised in Athens, Greece. She is a graduate of Drama School and has worked with important theatre directors. Her poetry collection The Treat is the first collection she translated into English from Greek and was first published in Athens in 2020 by Vakxikon Publications. Previously, the collection The Alpha of Balsam was published in 2018 by Provocateur Publications. She has ten years of experience in translating books, poetry collections, plays and novels, which are available in all Greek bookstores.
