Maja Ručević Karanović was born in 1983 in Zagreb, where she graduated in French Language and Literature and Croatian Language and Literature from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.

She worked as a journalist for more than ten years. For over fifteen years, she has worked as a literary translator from French and English and is a full member of the Croatian Literary Translators’ Association, the Croatian Writers’ Society, and the Croatian Freelance Artists’ Association. She writes poetry and prose.

In 2016, her debut novel Je suis Jednoruki was published by the Croatian publishing house Algoritam.

In 2022, her poetry collection Sutra ćemo praviti anđele u padu was published in the Poetry Library series of the Croatian Writers’ Association (HDP).

In 2025, her novel Borilište was published in Croatia by the publishing house Hena com. The same novel was published in Serbia in 2026 by the publishing house Enklava.

She has received several awards for her poetry and prose, including Ratkovićeve večeri poezije (2008 and 2009), Ulaznica (2022), and Jednominutna priča.

Her works have been shortlisted and longlisted in literary competitions across the former Yugoslav region. Her prose and poetry have appeared in numerous literary magazines and publications in Croatia and abroad. She has participated in various literary festivals and attended creative writing and translation workshops.

She is currently working on a new novel.