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 several Ukrainian children’s literature awards. Some were included in the White Raven Catalogue and shortlisted for the BBC Ukraine Children’s Book Award. She won the Earth and Sky Poetry Contest funded by the Gloucester Culture Trust in 2020 and held in Charlotte, NC.

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

Oksana 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 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 has 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 Pavlo Tychyna Uman State Pedagogical University.