Vyacheslav Kharchenko is a prose writer. Born in the Krasnodar region, graduated from Moscow State University, studied at the A. M. Gorky Literary Institute. Laureate of the Voloshin Literary Competition. Published in the magazines “Znamya”, “October”, “Volga”, etc. The book “Tea with Elephants” presents succinct, realistic, sometimes extremely harsh texts about love and relationships between a man and a woman. In the characters of stories and short stories, the reader can easily recognize himself, his loved ones, neighbors and colleagues.