MARINA AND SERGEY DYACHENKO are
Ukranian co-authors of over seventy fantasy novels,
short fiction, plays and scripts. The recipient of eight
literary prizes and much critical acclaim in Russia,
Vita Nostra has been translated into several languages.
The Dyachenkos hail from Kiev and currently reside
in California. Vita Nostra is their first novel published
by HarperVoyager.

JULIA MEITOV HERSEY was born in Moscow
before moving to the United States in 1990 at the age
of 19. Currently, she is at work on translation of other
Russian to English projects. Julia originally began
her translation of Vita Nostra because she wanted her
non-Russian-speaking family to share her love for this
striking novel.