Dina Salústio was born in 1941 on the Island of Santo Antão. She is a Capeverdian poet and writer. During her professional career she worked as a primary school teacher, social assistant and journalist in Cape Verde, Portugal and Angola. She is one of the founding members of the Association of Writers of Cape Verde and writes prose, poetry and children literature. Her work can be found in many anthologies in Cape Verde and abroad and served as the case study for Master and PhD thesis. She published the following books Mornas Eram as Noites (Warm Were The Nights, 1994, short stories), A Louca de Serrano (A Crazy Woman of Serrano, 1998, novel), Estrelinha Tlim Tlim (Little Star Tlim Tlim, 2000, for children), Filhas do Vento (Daughters of the Wind, 2009, novel).