I'm a 12th grader and a big book worm, and I love writing short stories. Also, I play the piano, I sing, I do classical ballet, I ride horses, and I'm really interested in the different ethnic cultures of the world. My favorite American author is Thomas Wolfe, and among my other favs are C.S. Lewis, Gearge Orwell, Robert Louis Stevenson, Oscar Wilde, and Charlotte Brontë. I also enjoy writing poems, mostly lyrical ones, and my favortie poets are Emily Dickinson, Poe, Burns, and the Russian star Alexander Pushkin, 'cause I'm Russian. I was born here, but my parents are from St. Petersburg. So, I hope you enjoy some of the works that I'm putting up here at Authors Den and I'll be looking forward to helpful comments that will improve my talent and add to my yearning to become a writer one day. Thanks!

My poem, Autumn Spirit, has been published in two youth contests and I've been popular at home!!!