Shqipe Sylejmani was born in Prishtina, Kosovo in 1988 and has lived in Switzerland since the age of four. She studied journalism and communication in Zurich and has worked as a journalist in Switzerland and New York, among other places. She has been involved in the field of cultural promotion since 2018 and is president of the association „Kulturwerkstatt:Techno“. In her debut work, the novel „Burden & Blessing – A tale of two worlds“, she looks back on her migration experience and her journeys to her homeland.