Tassos Goudelis was born in Athens in 1949. He studied law at the University of Athens. Since 1982, he has collaborated with poet Kostas Mavroudis in publishing the literary magazine To Dentro. He has written seven short story collections and one novel. In 2002, he received the State Short Story Award and the Diavazo Literary Short Story Award for his work The Woman Who Speaks. He has also written studies on film directors and has been involved in directing and teaching film history.