Yakovleva 3

Yulia Yakovleva is a writer, theatre and ballet critic, and playwright. She was inspired to write Punishment of a Hunter by her love of St Petersburg, where she grew up. The novel subsequently became a bestseller in Russia. Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp translated literature from Arabic, German and Russian into English. Her work has been shortlisted for the Helen & Kirt Wolff Translator's Prize, The Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize and the GLLI Translated YA Prize.