Lisa Grekul is the perfect writer to create a novel concerning growing up Ukrainian in Alberta, working as a musician, and attending school in Swaziland -- she has personally done ...ver maisLisa Grekul is the perfect writer to create a novel concerning growing up Ukrainian in Alberta, working as a musician, and attending school in Swaziland -- she has personally done all of these things. She is also the recipient of a creative writing award while at the University of Alberta, and a doctoral fellowship from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Kalyna's Song is her first book publication.ver menos