Tanya Stus is a child psychologist and an author of about two dozen fiction and educational books for children and adolescents. Born into a “teacher’s dynasty” with almost 400 years of combined pedagogical experience, she is the Head of the Children’s Reading Laboratory of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, founder of its “BaraBooka: The space of the Ukrainian children’s book”, and editor-in-chief of the children’s publishing house Small Academy. As well, she is the author of creative writing programs for children and adolescents, and a public activist for the promotion of children’s and adolescent reading and the reform of school literary education.
Running the Goat published the first English translation of her book Wilhelm, the Hedgehog in 2023.