Oleg Woolf was born in 1954 in Moldova, former Soviet Union. He graduated from St.Petersburg University with a degree in Physics. Oleg Woolf lives in the US and writes short stories, essays, and poetry. His works have been regularly featured in the leading literary periodicals and anthologies both in Russia and abroad. He is the founding director of the STOSVET literary project and the editor-in-chief of the Storony Sveta/Cardinal Points literary journal published in the US in English and Russian.