ADRIAN LYSENKO

Adrian Lysenko is the author of Five Stalks of Grain, a graphic novel illustrated by Ivanka Theodosia Galadza that tells a story of tragedy and survival during the Holodomor, the terror-famine that claimed millions of lives in Soviet Ukraine. He's the editor-in-chief of the arts and culture alternative The Walleye Magazine and lives outside Thunder Bay, Ontario.

"Genuine horror and anguish undergird this poignant evocation of atrocity." -Publishers Weekly

Shortlisted: KOBZAR Book Award 2023
Shortlisted: Alberta Book Publishing Awards Graphic Novel of the Year 2023

"Conveys the trauma of the Holodomor with power and humanity. A high-speed page-turner."

-Toronto Star

"Five Stalks of Grain is a stark gut-punch of a graphic novel."

-Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch, author of Making Bombs for Hitler

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