Nermin Yıldırım was born in 1980. Her first novel, Unutma Beni Apartmanı was published by Doğan Publishing in 2011. It was followed by Onu Rüyalar Anlatılmaz (2012, Doğan Publishing), Saklı Bahçeler Haritası (2013, Doğan Kitap), Unutma Dersleri (2015, Doğan Kitap), Dokunmadan (2017, HEP Kitap) Nermin Yıldırım, whose novels have been translated into Serbian, Bulgarian, French, Chinese and Arabic, lives in Barcelona and İstanbul.