Tatiana Batukhtina comes to us from the Urals area in Russia, the frontier of Asia in Europe, the land of deeply rooted yet barely uncovered pages of the ancient culture of the mankind. With her education background in astrophysics and then informatics, she is teaching at and managing a top-notch modern IT school and at the same times has developed a genuine interest for and professional skills in literature. An avid reader as well, she brings in the richness of images, associations and intricate parallels into her own creations. She writes enchanting verses and sophisticated prose often in th...