Born in 1967 in Vinnitsia, Ukraine, she lived in Saint Petersburg, Russia, for over 30 years before moving abroad. She graduated from Saint Petersburg State University. Notable Contributions: The story "The Main Words" was featured in The World Healing Book (ISBN: 9789979953111) in 2002, an anthology that included contributions from the 14th Dalai Lama and poets Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Rita Dove. Awards: She participated in the anthology Poetic Voices Without Borders 2 (ISBN: ‎9781928589433), which won the National Best Book Award for Fiction and Literature: Anthologies in the USA in 2009. Library Collections: Some of her books are part of major US library systems, such as the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore and the Los Angeles Public Library. The book Prozrachniy Mir (ISBN: 9780368811647) is included in the catalog of LIBRIS (Sweden). The book Through the City to Myself (ISBN: 9781034624134) is included in the E-KATALOOG ESTER of the Tallinn Central Library, Estonia.