Ksenia Anske

Ksenia Anske (born Ksenia Kubeeva; February 6, 1976) is an American fantasy short fiction writer and novelist. She published seven novels and two books from her tweets about writing.

Ksenia Anske
Ksenia Anske, 2015
Ksenia Anske, 2015
BornKsenia Kubeeva
(1976-02-06) 6 February 1976
Moscow, Russia
OccupationAuthor
NationalityRussian
CitizenshipUnited States, Russia
EducationBachelor of Fine Arts in Design
Genrefantasy, dark fantasy, horror
Years active2012–present
Spouse
Yuri Milioutin
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(m. 1994; div. 1998)​
Maxim Oustiougov
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(m. 1998; div. 2011)​
PartnerRoyce Daniel (2010–present)
ChildrenAnya Milioutina Peter Ustyugov

Personal life

Ksenia was born in 1976 in Moscow, Russia. Her parents divorced when she was four years old. Her father brought her to Berlin to live with his family when she was eleven, where she lived for four years. When she was fifteen she began writing diaries, then switched to poetry and flash fiction. Ksenia ran away from home when she was seventeen.[1]

In early 1994, she married Yuri Milioutin, and later that year they had a daughter together, Anya Milioutina. They divorced in 1998.

In 1998, Ksenia married Maxim Oustiougov. In November 1998 the family moved to Seattle, Washington, United States without knowing English.[2] In 2003, they had a son together, Peter Ustyugov. Ksenia and Maxim separated, and later divorced in 2011.

She began dating Royce Daniel in November 2010.

Education and career

She studied architecture at Moscow Architectural Institute from 1996-1998. In 2002, she graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in design from Cornish College of the Arts.

She founded Lilipip in 2007, an online animated marketing videos for businesses. In 2009, she was named one of the Top 100 Women in Seattle Tech[3] by Puget Sound Business Journal, named Geek of the Week,[4] and won the UW Business Plan Competition[5] in the “best idea” category for her startup, Lilipip. She also was a social media consultant. In 2012, she quit her career to be a full-time writer.[6]

Anske self-publishes her books, even giving away her e-books for free on her website, including all drafts of the novels.

"Anske" is an anagram of Ksenia, excluding the "i".

In September, 2014, Amtrak announced that she was one of two local winners of the first ever Amtrak Writers Residency.[7][8]

Literary influences

Her earliest influences were Tove Jannson, Astrid Lindgren, and many Russian fairy tales.

Authors that later influenced her work include Anton Chekhov, Vladimir Nabokov, Mikhaíl Bulgakov, Alexander Pushkin, and Daniil Kharms. Her influences after learning English include Stephen King, J.K. Rowling, Chuck Palahniuk, Cormac McCarthy, Haruki Murakami, Neil Gaiman, and Virginia Woolf.

Social outreach

Anske posts bi-weekly on her own blog,[9] sharing posts from personal essays to professional writing tips. Through her books and blog, she advocates bringing awareness to suicide and sexual abuse.[6][10][11]

Bibliography

Siren Suicides Trilogy
  1. I Chose to Die (2013)
  2. My Sisters in Death (2013)
  3. The Afterlife (2013)

Novels
  • Rosehead (2014)
  • Irkadura (2014)
  • The Badlings (2015)
  • Siren Suicides: Second Edition (2016)
  • TUBE: Trans-Urban Blitz-Express (2018)
  • The Dacha Murders (forthcoming)

Short stories
  • Rain of Elephants Reported (Our Brothers Grimmest by The Grimm Report, 2013)
  • Ilka (Paper and Ink Literary Zine, Issue 6,[12] 2015)
  • A Collection of Short Stories (Forthcoming)

Nonfiction
  • Blue Sparrow: tweets on writing, reading, and other creative nonsense (2013)
  • Blue Sparrow 2: tweets on writing, reading, and other creative nonsense (2015)

References
  1. "Suicidal thoughts reflected in Ksenia Anske's debut novel (Includes interview)". 2012-12-18. Retrieved 2016-10-20.
  2. Goren, Anna (2014-12-16). "Ksenia Anske writes her way onto Amtrak with fantasy". The Seattle Globalist. Retrieved 2016-10-20.
  3. "100 Top Women in Seattle Tech - Puget Sound Business Journal". Puget Sound Business Journal. Retrieved 2016-10-18.
  4. "Geek of the Week: Ksenia Oustiougova of Lilipip". Seattle's Big Blog. 2009-11-11. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
  5. "Business Plan Competition - Foster School of Business". Foster School of Business. Retrieved 2016-10-18.
  6. Writer, Graham Milne; blogger; grahamscrackers.com (2013-05-10). "Breaking the Silence of Suicide With a Siren Song | Huffington Post". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
  7. "Meet the 24 Writers Selected for the Amtrak Residency Program". blog.amtrak.com. Retrieved 2016-10-18.
  8. "Amtrak residency has local writers riding the rails". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 2016-10-20.
  9. "Blog". Ksenia Anske. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
  10. "Suicidal thoughts reflected in Ksenia Anske's debut novel (Includes interview)". 2012-12-18. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
  11. Thorsson, Johann (2013-03-25). "The Future of Publishing: Asking Ksenia Anske". BOOK RIOT. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
  12. "PAPER AND INK LITERARY ZINE". PAPER AND INK LITERARY ZINE. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
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