Olga Grushin

Olga Grushin was born in 1971 in Moscow. In 1976 her father found himself at odds with the state, and her family moved to Prague, where she began writing fairy tales about 'lonely donkeys and princesses who refused to make their beds'. She returned to Moscow in 1981, and in 1989 accepted an invitation to enter Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, as the first Soviet citizen to pursue an American undergraduate degree. Her post-graduation jobs ran the gamut—from a jazz bar hostess to an interpreter for President Carter. She wrote throughout. Her first novel, The Dream Life of Sukhanov (Viking/Putnam), was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Award for First Fiction and was shortlisted for the Orange Award for New Writers. She lives near Washington, DC with her husband and son. 'Exile' is taken from a novel-in-progress.

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Olga Grushin's website

Comments

Carolyn B. Reed
March 7 17:09

It is wonderful to see that Olga Grushin is included in this prestigious list of young writers. I have read THE DREAM LIFE OF SUKANOV and am in agreement with the judges who are convinced that she is a talent who deserves to be this elite group.