Puk Qvortrup was born in 1986 in Denmark and trained as a journalist. She has interviewed authors for Weekendavisen and has written about art, gender and sexuality for Information and Kristeligt Dagblad, among other newspapers. She works as an editor, public speaker, teacher of creative writing and hosts a podcast about literature. She is the author of two novels. INTO A STAR is her debut. She lives in Aarhus with her husband and four children.