Kelly Herold Editor

Olga Bukhina is a translator, writer, and children’s literature specialist who has translated over forty books for children and teens. In addition, she is the co-author of Growing Out of Communism: Russian Literature for Children and Teens, 1991–2017 (Brill-Schøningh 2022, Russian translation by Bukhina, 2024), as well as the author of Zhizn’ i smert’: Samye vaznye voprosy detskoi literatury (Life and Death: The Most Important Issues in Children’s Literature, KompasGid 2024).

Kelly Herold is a professor of Russian at Grinnell College, where she teaches courses on Tolstoy, Nabokov, the Russian novel and short story, fairy tales, children’s literature, as well as the Russian language. She is the co-author of Growing Out of Communism: Russian Literature for Children and Teens, 1991–2017 (English, 2022; Russian translation by Olga Bukhina, 2024).

Andrea Lanoux holds the Elizabeth S. Kruidenier ’48 endowed professorship in Slavic Studies at Connecticut College. Her research focuses on Russian children’s literature (Growing Out of Communism: Russian Literature for Children and Teens, 1991–2017, co-authored with Olga Bukhina and Kelly Herold), as well as women and gender in Slavic cultures (Gender and National Identity in Russian Culture, co-edited with Helena Goscilo, 2006). She teaches Russian language at all levels, as well as courses in Slavic studies, global studies, and an undergraduate research seminar on Ukraine.