Kalani Pickhart

Kalani Pickhart is an American author of literary fiction. I Will Die In A Foreign Land is her debut novel, an ambitious and multi-layered work set during the 2013-2014 Ukrainian Euromaidan protests and the conflict that followed. The novel weaves together multiple perspectives and timelines to tell a story about revolution, sacrifice, identity and the ways political upheaval transforms individual lives. Pickhart's writing combines literary ambition with a deep engagement with real-world events, creating fiction that feels both intimate and historically urgent. The novel has been praised for its innovative structure, emotional power and its ability to bring a complex political situation to vivid, human-scale life. Available as both a book and an audiobook, I Will Die In A Foreign Land offers powerful listening and reading for fans of literary fiction that engages with history, politics and the human cost of standing up for freedom.