Along with his writing partner, Evgeny Petrov, Ilf wrote two of the most revered Russian novels of all time: The Twelve Chairs and The Golden Calf. Their collaboration ended when Ilf passed away while researching the book that would eventually become Little Golden America.
Konstantin Gurevich is a graduate of Moscow State University and the University of Texas at Austin. He translates with his wife, Helen Anderson. Both are librarians at the University of Rochester.
Helen Anderson studied Russian language and literature at McGill University in Montréal. She translates with her husband, Konstantin Gurevich. Both are librarians at the University of Rochester.