BORIS STRUGATSKY is an astrophysicist and computer expert who worked at the famous Pulkovo Observatory. ARKADY STRUGATSKY is a specialist in Japanese literature and has translated works from Japanese into Russian. Their works include Prisoners of Power, Roadside Picnic/Tale of the Troika, and Noon: 22nd Century.
HELEN SALTZ JACOBSON is a longtime enthusiast of Soviet science fiction and has translated several books from the Russian, including RUSSIAN SCIENCE FICTION (1968).