READ Q&A WITH THE SHORTLISTED AUTHORS

Caroline Humphrey, the author of On the Edge: Life along the Russia-China Border

Timothy Frye, the author of Weak Strongman: The limits of power in Putin’s Russia

Jan Matti Dollbaum, Morvan Lallouet and Ben Noble, the authors of NAVALNY: PUTIN’S NEMESIS, RUSSIA’S FUTURE?

Thane Gustafson, the author of Klimat: Russia in the Age of Climate Change

Mary Sarotte, the author of Not One Inch: America, Russia, and the Making of Post-Cold War Stalemate

the author of In Memory of Memory, Maria Stepanova, and the translator Sasha Dugdale

Deyan Sudjic, the author of Stalin’s Architect: Power and Survival in Moscow

Lucy ward, the author of THE EMPRESS AND THE ENGLISH DOCTOR

Elizabeth Wilson, the author of PLAYING WITH FIRE : THE STORY OF MARIA YUDINA, PIANIST IN STALIN'S RUSSIA

Vladislav Zubok, the author of Collapse: The Fall of the Soviet Union