Monika Kompaníková (1979) is a writer, lyricist, editor, and tireless promoter of literature and reading. Her short stories, novels, and children’s books have won numerous awards and have been translated into fifteen languages. In 2011 she won the Anasoft Litera Prize for her novel Piata loď, (Boat Number Five, 2010), and in 2017 the book was turned into the movie Little Harbour.