Karolina Letunova grew up in Western Siberia. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in The Kenyon Review, The Threepenny Review, The Cincinnati Review, AGNI, and The Common. She has an MFA from the Helen Zell Writers’ Program at the University of Michigan.
Her stories and novel-in-progress have received support from Bread Loaf-Rona Jaffe, California Arts Council, The de Groot Foundation, the Elizabeth George Foundation, as well as fellowships and residencies at Good Hart Artist Residency, Monson Arts, Ragdale, Storyknife, Ucross, and VCCA.
Since 2020, Karolina volunteers at Logos Books, which raises funds for the Davis Public Library.
She is represented by Samantha Shea at Georges Borchardt, Inc.