Anca Demeter is a Romanian writer living in the UK. She graduated from Babes-Bolyai University with a BA with honours in English and Korean Language and Literature. Once her thesis on Edgar Allan Poe was presented, Anca bought a one way ticket to London. After spending way too much time on the Underground, she and her partner decided to move to a small city up North. Here, they live in a little English house, with their dog, Chilli.
Anca writes horror and speculative fiction novels, inspired by Romanian and Slavic folklore and myths. Currently, she is focusing on horror middle grade novels set in worlds overflowing with monsters.
By day, Anca is an IT manager which involves writing a lot of tech reports and helping people restart their laptops. When not writing, Anca enjoys binge watching TV series, weightlifting, baking cakes and playing video games.
Fun Facts
Anca is neurodivergent, and although it comes with quite a few struggles, she loves being like this.
Anca was born and raised in Transylvania. For real!
But she doesn’t know any vampires, so don’t even ask.
Anca’s favourite food is her partner’s prawn and chorizo risotto.
She is obsessed with cheese and her dream job is to be a professional cheese taster (that’s a thing right?)
Anca has lived in Romania, South Korea and England.
She speaks a few languages (at different levels): Romanian, English, Portuguese, French, Korean and Japanese. And she understands Latin and Old English.
Anca isn’t particularly fond of forks and prefers eating with a spoon.
She loves anything analogue (notebooks, polaroids, fountain pens), while being equally obsessed with tech stuff.
