MAUREM KAYNA is from Rio Grande do Sul, a state in Southern Brazil. She was born in 1972, became a Forest Engineer in 1994, and has been passionate about books, words, and libraries ever since she can remember. 

In 2010, she published Pedaços de possibilidade [Pieces of Possibility], based on her blog by the same name. 

She also contributed to E-contos [E-short Stories], an eBook published as the result of a literary contest, as well as 101 que contam [101 Who Tell], a short story collection.