Bruce McClelland is a writer, translator, and vampirologist with a Ph.D. in Slavic Studies at the University of Virginia. He has published four books of poetry, a book of translations of the Russian poet Osip Mandelstam, and his translations of Russian poetry have appeared in journals, books, and anthologies. His work on vampires has appeared in Slayage: The Online International Journal of Buffy Studies. He has lived in Russia, Bulgaria, and now in Gordonsville with his wife.