Sylwia Siedlecka is the author of the short story collection Puppies and the novel The Moat. She has also published a book entitled Lady Pagans, Lady Intellectuals, on the works of Bulgarian writer and politician Blaga Dimitrova. She works in the Slavic Department at Warsaw University, where she teaches courses on literature, history, and intercultural relations. Her current research is on the history of the circus arts in Central and Eastern Europe after 1917.