About
Svetlana Satchkova is a New York City-based writer, born in the Soviet Union and raised in Moscow. She spent many years working in Russian media, a job that took her across the globe—from Cannes and Venice to London and Buenos Aires. She interviewed Hollywood stars, politicians, and criminals, while also writing investigative features. Svetlana is the author of three novels in her native Russian, and her first novel in English, The Undead: A Novel of Russia, will be published by Melville House in January 2026.