Irina Frolova is a Russian-Australian writer and the current President of the Lake Macquarie branch of the Fellowship of Australian Writers. Her poetry and prose has appeared in various collections and anthologies. Her work speaks to the experience of immigration, neurodivergence, and a search for belonging. It draws on folklore and explores archetypes through cultural and feminist lenses. Irina’s creative highlights include her first collection of poetry FAR AND WILD (released by Flying Island Books in 2021), winning the second prize in the 2021 Deborah Cass Prize for writing, and being shortlisted for the 2022 Alice Sinclair Writing Competition.