MARGARITA KOLIOPOULOU, née Stathopoulou, was born in 1939 in Pyrgos, Ilia, where she lived as a child, adolescent and youth, with her parents and three siblings, in the neoclassical house at 17 Germanou Street. The Scent of Raisins and Other Nostalgic Stories is her first attempt to recount in writing her memories from that time, hoping that she will continue to do so in the future.