Galina Šijan rođena je u Lavovu 1980. godine. Diplomirani je filolog klasičnih jezika. Blogerka, fotograf, putnica, prevoditeljka, spisateljica. Učestvovala na književnom festivalu u Edinburgu (2010); književnom festivalu u Lavovu (2010 – 2015), Sajmu knjiga u Kijevu (2012), Sajmu knjiga u Zaporožju (2015).
Godine 2012. prevela je i objavila roman dobitnika Bukerove nagrade Di-Bi-Sija Pjera Lights out in Wonderland. Kreirala je umetnički projekat zasnovan na ovoj knjizi. Godine 2014. objavljen je njen roman prvenac na ukrajinskom jeziku Hunt, Doctor, Hunt!, koji je ušao u širi izbor za Bi-Bi-Sijevu nagradu za ukrajinsku knjigu godine. Njene priče zastupljene su u zbirkama Volunteers (2015), Guide Book u izdanju Jizdets. Piše za veb-sajt L’Officiel Ukraine i časopis Prosto Neba. U okviru projekta Jizdets organizovala je književni izlet u čijem je sklopu bio kurs kreativnog pisanja Kratka priča za vikend.
Halyna Shyyan was born in Lviv in 1980. Graduated as classical philologist. Blogger, photographer, traveller, translator, writer. Participated in Edinburgh Literature Festival, 2010; Lviv Literature Festival 2010 – 2015, Kyiv Book Arsenal (2012), Zaporizhzhia Book Fair (2015).
In 2012 translated and published a novel of Booker Prize winning author DBC Pierre “Lights out in Wonderland”. Created an art project based on it and registred trade mark «Batrachomyomachia» btrmiomax.com. In 2014 debuted with a novel in Ukrainian “Hunt, Doctor, Hunt!” which was long listed for BBC Ukraine Book of the Year award. Contributed to short stories collections “Volunteers” (2015), Guide Book by “Jizdets” (expected in 2015), writes for the web-site of “L’Officiel Ukraine” and “Prosto Neba” magazine. Together with “Jizdets” Project conducted literary excursion combined with creative writing course “Short story over the weekend”.