Promotable author lives in Paris and teaches creative writing at Shakespeare & Co. WINNER OF THE MELISSA NATHAN AWARD FOR COMEDY ROMANCE A BBC Radio 4 Book at Bedtime

Winner of Melissa Nathan Award for Comedy Romance 2010.

'A real treat: vividly told, wickedly funny and brave enough to confront the cliches and misinformation that still abound about life on both sides of the old iron curtain' Guardian 'Fantastically quirky, wry and funny' Sophie Kinsella 'Comic, rich in atmosphere and full of irresistible Russian languor' Wendy Holden, Daily Mail 'This novel is certainly romantic, and certainly witty - but very much more besides ... A novel that stays with you for all the right reasons' Joanna Trollope

Janet Skeslien Charles, originally from Montana, currently lives in Paris where she leads writing workshops at the Left Bank bookshop Shakespeare & Company. Moonlight in Odessa is inspired by her two years as a Soros Fellow in Odessa, Ukraine. This is her first novel.