Pripovijedač, romanopisac, pjesnik, esejist i feljtonist, Đuretić je rođen u Osijeku 1949. godine. Diplomirao je engleski jezik i književnost te komparativnu književnost na Filozofskom fakultetu u Zagrebu. Radio kao urednik u nakladništvu te više od dva desetljeća kao novinar i urednik na BBC-u u Londonu. Za svoj književnički rad više je puta nagrađivan, a 1998. dodijeljen mu je Red Danice hrvatske s likom Marka Marulića. Član je Društva hrvatskih književnika i Matice hrvatske. Živi u Zagrebu kao samostalni umjetnik.

(Nikola Đuretić, a short story writer, novelist, poet, essayist, was born in Osijek in 1949. He got his BA at the Zagreb University reading English Lit. and Comparative Lit. He worked in publishing and for more than two decades as a programme assistant and senior producer with the BBC in London. Đuretić received several literary awards and in 1998 he was awarded the highest Croatian Order for Culture. A member of the Croatian Writers' Association and Matrix Croatica, he lives in Zagreb as a professional writer and publisher.)