Shelley Fairweather-Vega is a professional translator of Russian and Uzbek in Seattle, Washington. She translates poetry, fiction, screenplays and more for authors around the world, with a special focus on the contemporary literature of Central Asia. Fairweather-Vega holds degrees in International Relations and Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies. As a translator, she is most interested in the intersection of culture and politics in modern history. Her published projects and work in progress are at fairvega.com/translation.

Website: http://www.fairvega.com

Degrees

• Bachelor of Arts in International Relations from Johns Hopkins University (May 2000)
• Master of Arts in Russian, East European & Central Asian Studies from University of Washington (June 2006)

Genres of Interest

Fiction, Creative nonfiction, Screenwriting, Children's literature , Poetry