Andrey Gritsman, a native of Moscow, emigrated to the United States in 1981. He is a physician who is also a poet and essayist. He has published five volumes of poetry in Russian and received a 2019 Best of the Net anthology nomination. He received the 2009 Pushcart Prize Honorable Mention XXIII and was nominated for the Pushcart Prize several times (2005–2011), and also was on the Short List for PEN American Center Biennial Osterweil Poetry Award.