The founder and editor of the Anime/Manga Web Essay Arhive, Mikhail Koulikov, is currently (as of Spring 2007) pursuing a master's degree in library science at the School of Library and Information Science, Indiana University, Bloomington. He is a graduate of George Washington University (BA, International Affairs) and of Stuyvesant High School. Mikhail has written a number of news stories, feature articles and reviews for the Anime News Network and heads a department at one of the major North American anime conventions. His personal website is CorneredAngel.com and his LiveJournal is available at www.livejournal.com/users/corneredangel.

He likes beer, Rei Ayanami, and his girlfriend. Not necessarily in that order.