Irina Dmitrievna Prokhorova is the founder, editor and publisher of the journal New Literary Review and the publishing house of the same name. New Literary Review focuses on the theory and history of literature, literary criticism and bibliography.

She received her education at Moscow State University, where she specialized in English and American Literature and wrote and defended her thesis on English modernism. She also worked for TV, contributed at the same time to various literary magazines and taught English at the University.