Kristina Gavran was born in Zagreb in 1987. She gained M.A. in Dramaturgy at the Academy of Dramatic Arts (University of Zagreb). She worked as a drama teacher and lecturer at the Tirena Drama Studio, performed in plays for children and young people, as well as lead various writing and drama workshops. Kristina has been a writer for teatar.hr, a theatre web portal, for two years.
Kristina has two books published by Croatian publishing company Disput. In 2016 Rain in India, Summer in Berlin, a book of short stories connected with the theme of travelling, and in 2018 - the novel The Palisander Guitar.