About Our Authors

Luiza ‘Eviva’ Dobrzyńska is a native of Warsaw, and medical technician by profession. She’s been writing since she was twelve, and is currently associated with the Astrum publishing house as a historical biographer.

Adrian Atamańczuk (nickname “Lancan”) – Krakus (a person from Cracow) by birth, a resident of Vienna by fate.

Nature lover, traveler fascinated by foreign cultures and lands far beyond the horizon, paradoxically combining hunger of the vagabond with homemade tastes. Restless spirit and a dreamer. He is also interested in ancient culture, especially during the Principate period.

He writes mainly fantasy (books “The Beast” and “Arlin”), he also creates thriller stories (about sniper Viktor Lagrave) and travel columns. When he does not write, he dreams of living in a remote area in the wilderness, where he will find time and silence.

Sailor, seeker of impressions and beautiful views. A resident of Gdynia (Poland) for many years, brought up in the world of books. He has been associated with the sea from an early age. A long-time employee of the Polish Ship Rescue, where he began his adventure with the sea. After “perestroika”, he spent many years on ships sailing under various flags, starting from working on tankers from a Norwegian and Greek ship owner to other specialized maritime units. Still actively associated with the sea.

He says: “the sea is my inspiration, and I am a storyteller of maritime stories in a country that has turned its back on the sea in recent years.”

He draws the themes for his novels from authentic events that took place during the cruises.

Marcin Palasz is an author of numerous books for young readers published by Nasza Ksiegarnia. Marcin Palasz won several writing competitions and was nominated for Book of a Year 2004 by Polish section of IBBY.

Maurice Marie Louis Vauthier was a French writer, born in Shangai on September 9, 1921.

Vautier was a Doctor of Law, the main author of the “Signe de Piste” and the magnificent novel “Faon the Heroic”, which was awarded by the French Academy and obtained the Grand Prix of the Salon de l’Enfance et de la Jeunesse.

In this same collection, he published “Aimer Guy-Loup” and “La vengeance de Gildas” (Cycle des “Enfants meurtris”).

In the “Adventure” cycle: “When the quetzal bird will sing”, “Crusade in fraud”.

In the cycle “Fantasy:” Mont-Sauvage “,” Rue de la Poste-aux chevaux “,” La terrible bombe “X” (Best book 1964 Loisirs-Jeunes).

Other publishers published “Ecoute petit Loup” (GP), “Santos” (GP), “Des galères pour Saint-Marc (GP) and” La planète Kalgar “(Hachette), awarded by the French Academy.

His first work, Fawn the Heroic, was the subject of a 90-minute super 8mm amateur film.

Robert Konstanty Leśniakiewicz (born 1956 in Szamotuły) – Polish writer, translator and publicist, ufologist and researcher of other phenomena from the so-called “borderline knowledge”, also deals with environmental protection. A graduate of the High Military School in Wroclaw. Ret. Capt. of the Border Protection Forces – WOP (1975–1991) and Border Guard – SG RP (1991–1994), civil specialty – forestry. He currently lives in Jordanów.

From 1987, a member of the Space Contact Club and the Center for Research on Anomalous Phenomena in Krakow and a correspondent member of the Brazilian Centro Brasiliero de Pesquisas de Discos Voladores (since 2007), vice president of the Society of Jordanow Land Lovers, member of the Internet Club of Mushroom Lovers Darz Grzyb.

He collaborates and cooperates with Slovak writer and scientist Dr. Milos Jesensky PhD, who is co-author of some books by him.

In its original Polish, Luiza’s debut novel, The Soul was initially awarded first place in the Literary Debut of the Year.

The sequel, The Convoy, was nominated as the Spring Book of the Year for 2012 in the science fiction/fantasy category on granice.pl.

In 2015, she won third place in the PolCon Fantasy Short Story Contest, and honorable mention in Creatio Fantastica Quarterly.

Ewa Kassala – writer, trainer, social action creator, self-improvement and image creator, screenwriter and television programmer, conference & conventions organizer, and motivational speaker, mainly for women.
Author of Cleopatra and Portrait of a Woman of Perdition, Mandrake, and guides: Public Speaking and Image Creation, How to be a Modern Lady, Savoir-vivre at the Table, Dress for Success.
Former Director of Dress for Success Poland.
Author of the only trilogy about ancient Egyptian Queens in the world: Cleopatra’s Passions, Divine Nefertiti, Hatshepsut and the present series of books about the great women of the Bible; Queen of Sheba, Mary Magdalene & Semiramis.

Ivan Yefremov (1908 – 1972) was a Russian writer of science fiction, a renowned scientist in paleontology and geology and known as a progressive social thinker for his time. His last name is sometimes spelled Efremov.

After a brief military career in the Red Army, he was discharged and went to St Petersburg to study, where he completed his education and went onto the Leningrad State University to study paleontology. He led several expeditions, headed a research laboratory, and received awards and degrees during his career, including a doctorate, in biological sciences.

He wrote his first work of fiction in 1944, ‘The Land of Foam’ and his most recognized science fiction novel ‘Andromeda Nebula’ was published in 1957.

In the 1960’s he became disillusioned with the communist system, with his subsequent books becoming a rarity, and banned. Eventually, he was interrogated by the KGB, his apartment searched, his manuscripts and writings confiscated, and all his works also confiscated and banned from all public libraries and schools in the Soviet Union. He remained under suspicion, surveillance, and censorship for the remainder of his life, and died in 1972.

Katarzyna Szewioła-Nagel is an occupational therapist born in Świętochłowice. Already in her childhood, she made her first literary attempts, wrote stories and excerpts from books inspired by the works of Jack London and Karol May. In elementary and high school she took part in art history Olympics and literary competitions. -In 1996 she even managed to get a scholarship for writing a poem. Under the pseudonym Stagerlee, she writes a blog where she describes herself as “Mother, marauder and amateur creator.” Published in 2012 in the publishing house Gremlinz.

Darkness is her literary debut and also the first part of the planned trilogy.

Demet Altınyeleklioğlu was born in Ankara. She obtained a degree from Ankara University’s Faculty of Political Sciences and Journalism and a master’s degree from Haceteppe University in Educational Communications. From 1980 onwards, she worked as a producer for TRT Turkish Radio and Television Corporation and was a director on various levels. She has translated a few novels and continues to translate. Demet Altınyeleklioğlu lives in Bodrum and Miami with her family.

Works:

Moskof Cariye, Hürrem, 2009, novel; Alkışlarla Lamia, 2010, novel; Cariye’nin Kızı Mihrimah, 2010, novel; Cariyenin Gelini Nurbanu, 2011, novel; Altın Cariye Safiye, 2011, novel; Pargalı ve Hatice, 2011, novel; Kara Kraliçe Kösem, 2012, novel, Ah Bre Sevda Ah Bre Vatan, 2013, novel; Bozkır Çiçeği Cem Sultan, 2014, novel; Kösem Sultan, 2015, novel; Black Zeibek, 2015, novel; Kösem Sultan & Untold Stories, 2015, novel; Roman Club, 2016, novel; Frankish Concubine Nakshidil, 2017, novel

Martin’s interest in Spirituality, the Paranormal, Longevity and the Occult goes back to his childhood. He has had many paranormal experiences and has been a student of Eastern Philosophy and Meditation for 40 years. Seeking Enlightenment; he knows that we are already all Enlightened. We just have to realize it deeply. His books are expressions of his creativity to help others understand what he has internalized through study, experience and membership in different societies. You can see all of his books on the homepage of http://mkettingtonbooks.com.

Joanna Pypłacz is a Cracow-based Polish writer, photographer and scholar. She is the author of six published novels (“August Nacht “, Warsaw 2015; “Krzyk Persefony”, Katowice 2015; “Mechaniczna ćma”, Chorzów 2017; “Nierozdzielne”, Chorzów 2018; “Podziemia”, Chorzów 2019, “Genius loci”, Kraków 2020), three short stories in collective volumes, two research monographs (“The Aesthetics of Senecan Tragedy”, Cracow 2010; “When Legends Come Alive”, Cracow 2015) as well as of numerous journal articles. Her fields of interest – apart from literature and photography – include i.a. history, cemetery art, the Gothic subculture and classical music.

Agnieszka Kaźmierczyk – born on 1984. A graduate of the Pedagogical University (Polish philology, Journalism Study).

A journalist by passion, a teacher by vocation.

Editor of the multirodzice.pl portal and mother of twins.

Rusalka

Moving to Belarus is not the peak of a teenager’s dream. However, 16-year-old Wojtek has no choice because his father received a lucrative job there. The boy knows that this step is needed for his father, maybe it is he who will help him break free from the memories of his mother’s death and start living in the present. Wojtek has no idea that what will happen at the famous Świteź lake by Mickiewicz will forever change his life.

Svetlana dreams of becoming an ordinary girl – going to school, having friends, maybe falling in love. Seventeen years old in these plans is disturbed by one fact – she is a rusalka, a demon who, according to her nature, should lure and kill people as soon as they enter her territory.

When these two paths cross, the lives of each of them will change. This will not be caused by a sudden outbreak of feeling, but a joint struggle for what most is given at birth – for normality and … mortality. This love was born slowly, in adverse, mysterious circumstances. Will it be strong enough to resist demons and the sinister forces of nature?

Frid Ingulstad is a Norwegian novelist, born in Oslo on the 4th of September 1935. She wrote her first novel at the age of 29, and has since gone on to write more than 200 novels, including series such as Kongsdøtrene, Ildkorset, Ingebjørg Olavsdatter and Sønnavind.

As of 2006, she had sold 420,000 books in Norway, making her the biggest selling author in the country. She loves to read and write fairy tales, and enjoys telling them to her grandchildren.

Wallace D. Wattles was an American New Thought writer and spiritual teacher who is best known for his book The Science of Getting Rich. Born in Illinois in 1860, Wattles spent much of his life studying and writing about spirituality and personal development.

Wallace D. Wattles was born in 1860 in the United States. His upbringing was modest, and he received minimal formal education. According to the 1880 US Federal Census, Wattles resided with his parents on a farm in Nunda Township, McHenry County, Illinois, working as a farm laborer. His parents, described as hardworking individuals, were listed as being born in New York, while Wattles himself was born in Illinois. Despite his humble beginnings, Wattles exhibited a deep yearning for knowledge and a desire to transcend his circumstances.

Wattles’ principles of life and money centered on the power of positive thinking and the use of visualization and other mental techniques to achieve financial success. He believed that individuals could attract wealth and prosperity into their lives by focusing their thoughts and energies on the things they wanted to achieve. This belief is similar to the concept of the “law of attraction,” which holds that like attracts like and that individuals can attract positive or negative experiences into their lives based on their thoughts and beliefs

Roland Duvall writes books about political and psychological manipulation. His books have received starred reviews in Library Journal, and Booklist.

Before he started writing, Roland got a graduate degree in Political Science from UC Berkeley. After that, just to shake things up, he went to law school at the University of Michigan. Then he did a handful of clerkships. He now writes full-time and lives in Northern California..

Born in Albania, 64 years ago, Silverius Quest spent 26 years traveling the world learning esoteric skills, and currently resides in a secluded location in Yucatan, Mexico. He still travels a lot all around the world to gather ancient knowledge to bring it to the world.

He kept on learning from all the teachers, healers and masters magicians he met in his traveling. Discovering and practicing new holistic ways of healing to bring wellbeing, harmony and health in the world, his path crossed many different fields: alchemical medicine preparations, alchemy, Theta Healing, radionics, dowsing, shamanic healing, Matrix Energetics, meditation, yoga, Vedic knowledge, herbalism, gem elixirs, incense and perfume blending, and different energetic healing modalities, the most recent being Light Language and Dimensional mastery from the Mayan School of light.

He has been teaching since 2005.

Maria Zdybska is a fantasy writer from Poland. She was born in the enchanted land of Slavic witchcraft and I now live in Cracow, the city of kings, dragons and magic.

She is pretty sure that sea water flows through her veins instead of blood and her love for the sea is seeping through the pages of her debut “Raven heart” fantasy series.

Maria has always been fascinated by mythologies and lost civilizations, and studying other cultures and languages is one of her favorite hobbies, which she now tends to call “book research”. She loves incorporating elements of different mythologies in her writing, hiding symbols and signs in every story she writes. She also always, ALWAYS adds some romance!

Krzysztof Maciejewski

(born 1971) – writer, literary critic and journalist. He has published in most fantasy magazines. Honored in the Horror Guild Contest for Short Horror Story. He has published collections of short stories: Eight (FORMA 2011) and Album (FORMA 2013). In the book City 1. Anthology of Polish Horror Stories (FORMA 2009) there is his short story Ghost in the Box, in the book City 2. Anthology of Polish Horror Stories (FORMA 2011) the story Library of Hands, and in the book 2011. Anthology of Contemporary Polish Stories (FORMA 2011) story The fainted mice.

Sergey Aleksandrovich Sniegov (1910-1994) – Russian physicist, philosopher, writer. He was forbidden to philosophize, so he took a job as an engineer in industrial plants. Arrested on charges of conspiracy against the USSR authorities, after 9 months in Lubyanka (an investigative prison at the headquarters of the NKVD), he spent 10 years in labor camps. He couldn’t continue his scientific career, so he started writing, gaining… a publication ban. Ultimately, he tried to reach the audience through fantasy and created several dozen short stories and novels in this genre.

The Men Like Gods trilogy is a record of three space journeys, told by one of the most important crew members – Eli. Sniegov created a whole range of equivalent characters, including Romero, Viera, Allan, Lusin, André, Olga and Leopold, Kamagin, Osima, Orlan and Trub, and these are just some of them and I honestly admit that I am full of admiration for them, how, despite such a large number of heroes, he gave each of them a unique character and meaning that does not allow them to be placed in secondary positions and creates attachment. Many of them will die..

Born in 1973. A lawyer by education. He has been fascinated with literature since the age of seven, when, after heroic battles, he managed to break through a copy of “Krzyżaki” found in the attic, well-read read and slightly bitten by mice. He typed his first story on a tablet using a touch keyboard in the Spartan conditions of the Polish countryside without access to technological facilities. He committed many crimes, so far only virtual ones.

A fan of computer games, a passionate moviegoer, a bit of a cat lover. He made his debut in 2016 with the novel “According to Merits” and immediately gained the favor of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. lovers. The book “The last one will be eaten by dogs” (2017) only strengthened his position in the Factory Zone and ensured him the adoration of fans. “See You in Hell” (2018) ends his adventure with Zone for some time. The author has a dream to spend the rest of his life somewhere in Alaska, in a comfortable armchair, with a reader full of e-books, a cat dozing on his lap and a cup of strong coffee within reach.

František Kotleta was born in 1979 in Bruntal, Czech Republic. He used to work as a journalist. His current occupation is a full-timewriter of fantasy and sci-fi books set mostly in futuristic worlds of Central Europe.

He’s been an active writer since 2010 and has written over 20bestselling novels, including highly popular series of Brotherhoodof Blood (Bratrstvo krve), Perun’s Blood, (Perunova krev), TomášKosek, Fallout (Spad) or the most recent Underground and Legion(Legie).

Olivia Green was born in Poland and raised in Canada, except for the time when she moved back to Poland and attended high school there. She studied History and Literature at the University of Toronto. She began writing her debut book after obsessing over books about scents and perfume. When she’s not writing, she can be found wandering through nature or journaling at a coffee shop. Olivia is the bestselling author of The Secrets of Arabian Scents, and currently lives in Toronto with her husband and daughter.

Marie Cassell writes everything from Historical Fiction and Historical Romance, featuring hidden histories, dazzling multi-culture communities to occasional non-fiction books on various subjects. She promises to pull heart strings, offer a few laughs, and share tidbits of tantalizing history.

This Irish/French girl holds a doctorate in mechanical engineering and a MS in industrial engineering and engineering management from Stanford University. She also earned a BS and MS in mechanical engineering from Penn State University. Yet, her love of history and lattes have overwhelmed her passion for math, leading to the publication of several bestselling titles. She loves writing on her southern porch with proper caffeine.

Magdalena Marków was born on February 1, 1986 in Szczecin. She is a Gardening Technician by education. Her passion are sharp edged weapons and Japanese samurai culture.

In her free time, she devotes herself to her second passion, i.e. sketching with a pencil and reading books. Her favorite ones are those from the genre of fantasy and crime fiction. She loves strong sounds and film music.

The idea to write the book came one day when her computer broke down. She started writing fragments and ideas in notebooks. A quite substantial pile has grown out of this. And that’s how the whole universe of “Dragon’s Blood” was created, piece by piece.

She is a mother, an artist and graphic designer who derives the greatest joy from the fact that she can sometimes write something, draw something and share it with the world.

Lili Odin is a bestselling author of a dozen controversial books, such as Seven Day Cat Training Program, and much worse…

She’s the wife and the mother of two young adults, but she’s also been a ballerina, a typographer, a film composer, a piano player, a singer in an all-girl rock band, and a voice in those violent video games you won’t let your kids play.

Doing her best writing on cruise ships, in Scottish castles, and at home in her sunny southern Spain garden, Lili loves to play Chess, plotting the strategies for her new books.

Maria Cowen is an international teacher, writer, publisher & adventurer. She functions on several different levels of reality; magic, science-fiction, fantasy, nature& virtual, just to mention a few. World traveler, lived in many countries, residing for years in Honolulu, Hawaii. You think it’s paradise? Wrong!!!!

Adrianna Biełowiec – is an author of dozens of horror and science fiction positions, especially in the hard, biopunk and military subspecies. She made her debut with the novel “Time of a Messenger” in the magazine Unreal Service, written on the basis of the computer game “Unreal 1”. She also writes space adventure games and unusual science fiction romances.

Adrianna is very fond of artificial intelligence, cyborgs and drones. She is also involved in herbal medicine, sports, creating electronic music and films. She grows shrimp.

MAGDALENA KUŁAGA Born in 1976, from Będzin, Poland. Economist. She debuted with the first fantasy book entitled the Healer, Shadows of the Past. Her passions are: family, drawing and, of course, writing. She loves black coffee

About Our Authors

Luiza Dobrzynska

Adrian Atamańczuk

Endru Atros

Marcin Palasz

Maurice Marie Louis Vauthier

Robert Konstanty Leśniakiewicz

Ewa Kassala

Ivan Yefremov

Katarzyna Szewioła-Nagel

Demet Altınyeleklioğlu

Martin k Ettington

Joanna Pypłacz

Agnieszka Kaźmierczyk

Frid Ingulstad

Wallace D. Wattles

Roland Duvall

Silverius Quest

Maria Zdybska

Krzysztof Maciejewski

Sergey Aleksandrovich Sniegov

Slawomir Niesciur

Frantisek Kotleta

Olivia Green

Marie Cassell

Magdalena Markow

Lili Odin

Maria Cowen

Adrianna Bielowiec

František Kotleta

MAGDALENA KUŁAGA