In this Master's thesis the novelistic practice of Julijana Matanovic will be elaborated. Special accent will be given to her two literary works, Why I lied to You? – as her first novel with which she introduced herself to the readership and Note on the author – as her second literary work. In the first part of the paper autobiography in contemporary Croatian literature will be discused. Definitions of the autobiography as well as its prominent writers will be given. Also, an insight will be given into the types of contemporary autobiographical prose as well as their classification, which will provide a complete picture of the diversity of autobiography as a genre. The second part of the thesis will be dedicated to the life and work of Juliana Matanović as one of the most famous contemporary Croatian writers. In particular, it will be analyzed whether there are autobiographical elements in them or not.