Kira Yarmysh
Kira Yarmysh was born in 1989 and has been Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's press secretary since 2014. She graduated from Moscow State Institute of International Relations. In connection with her work for Navalny she has been arrested several times and spent a month in prison, and currently lives abroad in exile. The Incredible Events in Women's Cell Number 3 is her debut novel.