Oksana Lushchevska

Oksana Lushchevska (*17 February 1982, Talne) is a Ukrainian children's books writer, translator, and poet. She is an active member of PEN Ukraine. Oksana is the author of over 50 children’s and young adult books. Her books were awarded a number of Ukrainian children’s literature awards. Some of them were included into the White Raven Catalogue and shortlisted for BBC Ukraine Children’s Book Award. She is the winner of Earth and Sky Poetry Contest funded by the Gloucester Culture Trust in 2020 and held in Charlotte, NC.

Oksana’s books are translated in 6 languages and published in 8 countries.

Oksana herself is the official Ukrainian translator of Eric Carle’s children’s books and Julia Donaldson’s funny poetry books for children.

She served as USBBY (United States Board on Books for Young People) children’s books reviewer and as a scholar she contributed to School Library Journal, the Children’s Literature Assembly, Journal of Children’s Literature, The Bookbird, and the Seven impossible Things Before Breakfast Blog.

She is currently a children’s literature consultant and a creative curator on STORY+I Creative Workshop Group.

Oksana lives in State College, Pennsylvania.

Education
Oksana has a PhD in Education and taught children’s literature courses at the University of Georgia. She completed a master's degree in Comparative Literature and a Graduate Certificate in Children's Literature from the Pennsylvania State University. She received her B.A. in Ukrainian Language and Literature, English Language and Literature and World Literature from the Pavlo Tychyna Uman State Pedagogical University.

Awards

 * 2017 The Wind from Under the Sun was included in the prestigious White Ravens catalog of the world's 200 best children's books
 * 2012 The Great Hedgehog Award Nominee
 * 2011 Ukrainian Book of the Year Nominee
 * 2009 Smoloskyp Literary Foundation Award
 * 2008 Golden Stroke Ukrainian Children's Literature Contest Award
 * 2007 Granoslov Award