Irina V. Zaslavsky, has her PhD in demography from Moscow State University where she worked as a researcher and lecturer, and always dreamed of writing. In the 90s she became a US ...view moreIrina V. Zaslavsky, has her PhD in demography from Moscow State University where she worked as a researcher and lecturer, and always dreamed of writing. In the 90s she became a US citizen. She published several articles in newspapers and later started to write short stories. The “if they could only understand us…” is her first novel. Irina and her husband live in Cleveland OH with a rescued American bulldog and a stray cat.view less