Derya Önder, poet, editor, publisher, was born in 1973. She studied architecture at the Department of Architecture of the Faculty of Architecture at Yıldız Technical University (YTU-Istanbul) for four years. Her poems and articles were published in various literary journals and periodicals such as Öteki-siz (The-Other-You), Rüzgâr (The Wind), Sınırda (At the Border), Milliyet Sanat (Nationalism and Arts), Üç Nokta (Three Points), Kül (The Ash), Yaratım (Creation). She is one of the editors of Öteki-siz Poetry Journal, since 2000. She lives in Istanbul. Poetry Books: Ceza Defteri (Notebook of Punishment, Istanbul, Oteki-siz Publishing House, 2002), Akasya Telaşı (The Flurry Of Acacia, Istanbul, Şiirden Publishing House, 2008)