About the author

Alessia Brown

Writer / Actress / Model 

Member of the following unions:

RUW (Russian Union of Writers)

WUNA (Writers Union of North America)

IUW (International Union of Writers)

IURSW (International Union of Russian-Speaking Writers) 

Alessia Brown (born Olesia Alekseyevna Shkuratenko, married name Korobitsina) was born on June 6, 1990, in Shakhty, Rostov Oblast.

After graduating from high school in 2007, she entered the South-Russian State Polytechnical University (Novocherkassk Polytechnic Institute) to major in "Teacher of Professional Education (Economics and Management)", graduating with honors in 2012. Later, she completed a second degree at the same university, majoring in "Translator in Professional Communication (English)."

She has always been a creative person. Since childhood, she sang in a folk choir and also performed solo pop numbers. From 2007 to 2014, she was a soloist with the dance group "MTV-dance" and a finalist in the "Miss Shakhty" 2011/2012 beauty contest. She played the role of Eliza Doolittle in the play "Pygmalion". The production took second place in the annual regional theater competition. She also worked as a model. She has been published in various international fashion magazines, including VIGOUR (Canada), 6X Glamour (USA), VOUS (Spain), BLOOM (Italy), ELEGANT (USA), Panache & Style (USA), Ellements (USA), STYLECRUZE (USA), and others. 

She has been writing prose and poetry since childhood. 

Nominee for the 2025 National Literary Award "Writer of the Year"

Nominee for the 2021/2022/2023/2024/2025 National Literary Award "Poet of the Year"

Nominee for the 2023/2024/2025 "Heritage" Literary Award 

Published in books: 

"Writer of the Year" 2025 (RUW Publishing House LLC, in print)

"Poet of the Year" 2025 (RUW Publishing House LLC, in print) 

"Anthology of Russian Poetry" 2025 (RUW Publishing House LLC, in print)

"Contemporary Writers" 2025 (RUW Publishing House LLC, in print)

"Heritage" 2025 (RUW Publishing House LLC)

"Anthology of Russian Poetry" 2024 (RUW Publishing House LLC)

"Poet of the Year" 2024 (RUW Publishing House LLC)

"Contemporary Writers" 2024 (RUW Publishing House LLC)

"Heritage" 2024 (RUW Publishing House LLC)

"Anthology of Russian Poetry" 2023 (RUW Publishing House LLC)

"Tangue" 2023 (Contemporary Writers LLC)

"Poet of the Year" 2023 (RUW Publishing House LLC)

"Poetry Day" 2023 (Contemporary Writers LLC)

"Heritage" 2023 (RUW Publishing House LLC)

"Wizards Come to Children" 2023 (International Union of Russian-Speaking Writers LLC)

"Anthology of Russian Poetry" 2022 (RUW Publishing House LLC)

"Children's Literature" 2022 (RUW Publishing House LLC)

"Poet of the Year" 2022 (RUW Publishing House LLC)

"Anthology of Russian Poetry" 2021 (RUW Publishing House LLC)

"Poet of the Year" 2021 (RUW Publishing House LLC)

"Lyrics" 2021 (RUW Publishing House LLC)

"Children's Literature" 2021 (RUW Publishing House LLC) 

Awarded medals for her contribution to the development of Russian literature:

"Alexander Griboyedov, 230th Anniversary"

"Alexander Blok, 145th Anniversary"

"Nikolai Gogol, 215th Anniversary"

"Alexander Pushkin, 225th Anniversary"

"Mikhail Lermontov, 210th Anniversary"

"Maxim Gorky, 155th Anniversary"

"Fyodor Dostoevsky, 200th Anniversary"

"Nikolai Nekrasov, 200th Anniversary"

"Marina Tsvetaeva, 130th Anniversary"

"Heritage" Star, 2nd degree

"Heritage" Star, 3rd degree

Medal - "For Education, Enlightenment, and Mentorship, L.N. Tolstoy" 

Participant of international book fairs: 

Hong Kong Book Fair 2024 (China)

Belgrade Book Fair 2024/2023 (Serbia)

Istanbul Book Fair 2024/2023 (Turkey)

Frankfurt Book Fair/Frankfurter Buchmesse 2023 (Germany)

China Shanghai International Children’s Book Fair 2023 (China)

Sharjah International Book Fair 2023 (UAE)

Vienna Book Fair/Buch Wien 2023 (Austria) 

Jury member:

7th International Prize in Literary Creativity for Children "Alisa-2025" 

International Literary Competition "Constellation - 2024" 

Rimma Kazakova International Literary Competition "Madonna" 2024

7th International Literary and Music Competition-Festival "Slavic Word" 2024

3rd A. Serafimovich International Literary Prize 2024

7th National Competition with International Participation "Autumn Crickets" 2024

VIII Open Book Trailer Competition "Read. Think. Create" 2024

All-Russian Creative Fairy Tale Competition "Simply About the Important: Fairy Tales for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children" 2024 (with the support of the Presidential Grants Fund as part of the social project)