Yana Zuraeva is a Buryat visual artist born and raised in Ulan-Ude, Republic of Buryatia, Russia. She has a background in arts and animation and has worked as a 3D artist in the animation industry since 2018. She publishes short stories, personal reflections, and essays on her blog at Waterfalls of Qaf and is a contributor at Kasurian Magazine.

Her interests include the anthropology of Siberian peoples, Russian literature, Islamic mysticism, as well as the history of religion and sacred traditions.