Olga Anikina (b. 1976) is a widely published poet, essayist, fiction writer and translator born in Novosibirsk. She studied at the Novosibirsk State Medical University, earning a degree in medical sciences, and then at the Gorky Literary Institute. Olga is an author of five books of poetry and three books of prose, and winner of several international poetry contests, including Pushkin in Britain and The Lost Tram (Zabludivshiisya Tramvai). Currently, Olga lives in Saint Petersburg.