Panos Gerakis was born in Athens, Greece. He originally comes from the island of Amorgos. He is a PhD Candidate at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, in the Department of English Literature / Cultural Studies. He is currently working as a language teacher. For both academic and personal reasons, he has been traveling (mostly) East for the last few years, and giving shape to his ideas via photography and text at travellogbookblog.wordpress.com.