Maruša Krese (b. 1947 in Ljubljana, d. 2013) studied literature, art history and psychotherapy in Ljubljana and the USA. She worked as a psychotherapist in Ljubljana, London and Tübingen, and later as a journalist and freelance artist in Berlin. 

In 1997 she received the Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany for her humanitarian commitment during the Bosnian war. 

Bilingual editions: Selbst das Testament ging verloren, Edition Korrespondenzen, 2001 (tr. Klaus Detlef Olof), Yorkshire Tasche, Wieser, 2003 (tr. Brigitte Struzyk) or Heute nicht, Drava Verlag, 2009 (tr. Fabjan Hafner). In German: the novel Trotz alledem will be published by S. Fischer Verlag in 2023 (tr. Liza Linde) and poems in the anthology Mein Nachbar auf der Wolke; Slowenische Lyrik des 20. und 21. Jahrhunderts (Carl Hanser Verlag & Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung, 2023).