Jelena Marinkov rođena je 1993. godine u Kikindi, gde je završila osnovnu školu i gimnaziju. Osvojila je prvo mesto na Republičkom takmičenju talenata iz oblasti književnosti 2012. Iste godine dobila je i nagradu za najbolju pesmu na 10. književnom konkursu učenika iz Banata u organizaciji RCT Mihajlo Pupin iz Pančeva. Objavljivala je priče i pesme u književnim časopisima Avangrad, Severni bunker i Ulaznica. Dobitnica je književne nagrade za najbolju zbirku priča autora mlađeg od trideset godina Đura Đukanov za 2015. godinu. Studira srpsku književnost i jezik s komparatistikom na Filološkom fakultetu u Beogradu.
Jelena Marinkov was born in 1993 in Kikinda, where she finished elementary school and gymnasium. She won first place in the Republican contest of talents in the field of literature 2012. That same year she won the award for best song at the 10th literary competition students from Banat organized by RCT Mihajlo Pupin from Pancevo. She has published stories and poems in literary magazines Avangrad, North bunker and tickets. She won the literary prize for the best short story collection of the author’s younger than thirty years Djura Đukanov for 2015. He studies Serbian language and literature with comparative Faculty of Philology in Belgrade.