The Happiest Lion Cub

Oleksandr Shatokhin is an artist and children’s book illustrator who lives and works in Sumy, Ukraine.  The Happiest Lion Cub is the author’s first book to be translated into English.

Zenia Tompkins, an American of Ukrainian descent, began translating Ukrainian literature in 2015, after fifteen years’ experience in education, academia, and the private sector. She holds graduate degrees in Middle Eastern Languages and Literatures from the University of Columbia and Islamic Studies from the University of Virginia. She currently lives in Tegucigalpa as the spouse of a U.S. diplomat, but considers Narrowsburg, NY.