Haska Shyyan is a writer and translator. Born in Lviv where she co-owns bookshop, she studied classical philology. Haska wrote her first novel Hunt, Doctor, Hunt! on her cell phone while bedridden. Her second novel Behind Their Backs was the first Ukrainian novel to receive the European Union Prize for Literature in 2019, as well as two Ukrainian prizes (LItAccent Award and Espreso TV Readers Choice). She regularly contributes short stories and poetry to literary magazines. She currently lives in Kyiv with her French partner and their young daughter.