Halyna Kyrpa Author

Halyna Kyrpa is a Ukrainian writer who was included in the IBBY Honor List 2018, holder of the Order of the North Star for her outstanding contribution to strengthening Ukrainian-Swedish ties and fruitful work in the field of translation of Swedish children's literature. Her books have been translated into dozens of languages, and she translates from Belarusian, Danish, German, Norwegian and Swedish.

Hrasya Oliyko studied Fine Arts and Book Graphics at the Institute of Publishing and Printing at NTUU KPI in Kyiv, Ukraine. She illustrates books for children and works with The Old Lion Publishing House, Ababahalamaha Publishing House, Crocus publishing, Flying Eye Books, Ranok and other publishing houses. She is the author of The story, told by Zhuka (The Old Lion Publishing House) a picture book about two stray dogs. Grasya loves animals and has two dogs and two cats, who used to be homeless.