Anna Kańtoch (28 December 1976 in
Katowice
Katowice ( , , ; szl, Katowicy; german: Kattowitz, yi, קאַטעוויץ, Kattevitz) is the capital city of the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland and the central city of the Upper Silesian metropolitan area. It is the 11th most popul ...
,
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...
) is a Polish writer of
fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction involving Magic (supernatural), magical elements, typically set in a fictional universe and sometimes inspired by mythology and folklore. Its roots are in oral traditions, which then became fantasy ...
and
crime fiction
Crime fiction, detective story, murder mystery, mystery novel, and police novel are terms used to describe narratives that centre on criminal acts and especially on the investigation, either by an amateur or a professional detective, of a crime, ...
. She has published seventeen novels and numerous short stories.
Bio
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Her 2008 short story ''Światy Dantego'', 2010 short story ''Duchy w maszynach'', 2013 short story ''Człowiek nieciągły'', 2014 short story ''Sztuka porozumienia'' and 2009 novel ''Przedksiężycowi'' all received the Janusz A. Zajdel Award
The Janusz A. Zajdel Award (''Nagroda imienia Janusza A. Zajdla''), often called just Zajdel,
is the annual award given by the Polish science fiction and fantasy fandom for the best stories published in the previous year. The winners are chose ...
.
References
External links
Story ''Długie Noce'' from the Domenic Jordan cycle
in ''Fahrenheit''
1976 births
Living people
People from Katowice
Polish fantasy writers
Polish crime fiction writers
Polish crime writers
Janusz A. Zajdel Award winners
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