Kseniya Kirillova is a journalist, writer, poet, and an expert at leading American think tanks specializing in the analysis of political and social processes in contemporary Russia and international politics. She is the author of several novels published in Russia, Ukraine, and the United States, including In the Web of Madness, the first work of fiction to reflect the true realities of Soviet punitive psychiatry and missile defense. The book has been published in three languages and has twice appeared on several recommended reading lists of prominent Ukrainian publications.