Anna Hammond

Born in Moscow, Russia, Anna Hammond moved to the U.S. in 1992 at the age of 17. To improve her English, she enrolled in the creative writing program at the University of Houston, where her love for writing began. Fomatsu is Anna’s first work offered to the public, but not the first piece she has written since then. Her love for language also has found an expression in other areas--she is a professional Russian translator and interpreter.

Anna has been practicing Yoga for eighteen years and is an experienced Yoga teacher and Yoga Therapist. When leading a Yoga class, Anna uses language to help her students find new ways of connecting deeper with their inner worlds. Life and Yoga have been the inspiration for this book.

Anna currently resides in the Washington, DC metropolitan area with her husband and two daughters.