Christos Kythreotis was born in Nicosia in 1979 and grew up in Athens. His first book, the short story collection Μια χαρά (Just Fine, 2014), was awarded with the National Book Award for Debut Book, and was also shortlisted for the Literature Awards of the online magazine Anagnostis (Debut Book) and of the Greek magazine Klepsydra (Young Author).
The novel Εκεί που ζούμε (Where We Live, 2019) is his second book and it was awarded the State Literary Award of Cyprus and the prose award of the magazine Klepsydra, shortlisted for the State Literary Awards of Greece, nominated for the European Literary Award (2020). In 2022, it was filmed by the Greek director Sotiris Goritsas.