Yuri Leving is Professor of Russian literature and film at the Dalhousie University (Canada). He has published over a hundred essays and four monographs. His most recent publication – Lolita: The Story of a Cover Girl – Vladimir Nabokov’s Novel in Art and Design (New York, 2013) – was named ‘The best book about design’ by the New Republic journal. He is the founding editor of the Nabokov Online Journal.