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Yana Botsman

Yana Botsman was born on August 7, 1973. She has a master's degree in applied mathematics and a Ph.D. in philosophy (1999, thesis on philosophy of Buddhism). She worked as an assistant professor in

Kharkiv National University The Kharkiv University or Karazin University ( uk, Каразінський університет), or officially V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University ( uk, Харківський національний університет імені ...

(Philosophical Faculty) until September 2004 when she became a full-time writer and scenarist. Yana is married.

Dmitry Gordevsky

Dmitry Gordevsky was born on March 21, 1973. He has a master's degree in mathematics and a Ph.D. in philosophy (2000, thesis on philosophy of medieval heresies). He worked as an assistant professor in Kharkiv State University (Philosophical Faculty) until 2004 but in September of that year became a full-time writer and scenarist. Dmitry is unmarried.

Facts

As Alexander Zorich, Yana Botsman and Dmitry Gordevsky are the authors of 18 novels, and are very popular in

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. Yana and Dmitry have been writing together since 1991, when they were both first-year university students. "Alexander Zorich" has been described as ''"the most venerable among young writers, or maybe the youngest among venerable Russian writers"'' ( Nasha Fantastika Magazine). The first book by Alexander Zorich has never been published.

''"It was a huge (about 150 pages), epic poem about fantasy world of Sarmontazara. And we worked on it for about two years. From our present-day point of view, it is absolutely terrible. But back then we both were confident, that it is much more ingenious than all the Shakespeare's writings. Readers often ask us, when will we publish it. The only answer we can give is "Never!"'' (from an interview to "Zerkalo Nedeli" weekly).

The first published book by Alexander Zorich ''The Sign of Destruction'' was published in 1997 and rapidly gained popularity among fans of fantasy worlds. A historic novel ''Charles the Duke'' dedicated to

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, last

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, gained the title ''"Best Russian Fiction of 2001"'' by the ''"Ex-Libris"'' book review (

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). Over the years Alexander Zorich has published many verses and short stories in small literature magazines. The first large novel by Alexander Zorich saw the light of the day in 1997. Since then Zorich has released seven fantasy novels (''The Sign of Destruction'', ''The Seed of Wind'', ''The Ways of Starborned'', ''Love and Rule'', ''You Win'', ''The Combat Vehicle of Love'', ''The Light of Nighttime''), one

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novel (''The Season of Weapon''), the book in the genre of alternate history and its sequel (''Charles the Duke'', ''The First Sword of Burgundy''), four "classic" science fiction novels (''The Consul of Commonwealth'' and the ''Tomorrow War'' trilogy), two fairy tales (''Denis Kotik'', two related books), one stories collection (''Nothing Sacred'') and one "

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" novel (''Roman Star'') dedicated to Publius Ovidius Naso. In fact the only fiction genre Alexander Zorich has never worked in is the horror genre. The Tomorrow War trilogy (''Tomorrow War'', ''With No Mercy'', ''Moscow Time'') brought Zorich the biggest success in the writers' bibliography and became a standard of modern Russian space opera. The books of Alexander Zorich are being published by the largest publishing houses in Russia, among them

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and AST (Moscow), (Moscow) and Severo-Zapad (Saint-Petersburg). Alexander Zorich actively cooperates with the leading Russian fantasy & SF magazines, including "

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" ("The World of SF&F"), "Esli" ("If"), "Polden" ("Noon"), "Zvezdnaya Doroga" ("Star Trek"), "Nasha Fantastika" ("Our Fiction"), etc. Several novels and stories by Alexander Zorich have been translated into

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Books

* ''The Ways of Starborned'' trilogy (

. Editions: 1997—1998,

; 2001 Centerpolygraph; 2006 AST-press) *# ''The Sign of Destruction'' *# ''The Seed of Wind'' *# ''The Ways of Starborned'' * ''The Vault of Equilibrium'' tetralogy (

. Editions: 1998,

— vol.1; 2000—2001 Centerpolygraph; 2006 AST-press) *# ''Love and Rule'' *# ''You Win'' *# ''The Combat Vehicle of Love'' *# ''The Light of Nighttime'' * ''Season of the Weapon'' novel

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(Editions: 2001 Centerpolygraph; 2000 Severo-Zapad Press/ AST-press; 2006 AST-press) * ''Charles the Duke'' alternate history dilogy (Editions: 2001 Centerpolygraph) *# ''Charles the Duke'' *# The First Sword of Burgundy * ''Consul of Commonwealth'' novel ( SF. Editions: 2002 Centerpolygraph; 2007 AST-press) * ''Tomorrow War'' trilogy ( SF. Editions: 2003—2006 AST-press) *# The Tomorrow War *# Without Mercy *# Moscow Time * ''Denis Kotik'' dilogy ( Fairy tales. Editions: 2003—2004 AST-press; 2007

) *# ''Denis Kotik and Queen of Winged Horses'' *# ''Denis Kotik and Pale Knights Order'' * ''Roman Star'' novel (

. Editions: 2007 AST-press)

PC games scenarios

* '' Soldiers: Heroes of World War II'' – Russian title "V tilu vraga" (

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, Ukraine, Severodonetsk. Release: 2004; Russian publisher 1C, international publisher

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) * ''

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'' – Russian title "V tilu vraga 2" (

. Studio:

, Ukraine, Severodonetsk. Release: 2006; Russian publisher 1C, international publisher

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) * ''Tomorrow war'' – Russian title "Zavtra voina" (

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depicting

space warfare Space warfare is hypothetical combat in which one or more belligerents are situated in outer space. The scope of space warfare therefore includes ''ground-to-space warfare'', such as attacking satellites from the Earth; ''space-to-space warfa ...

in the 27th century. Studio: Crioland, Russia, Novosibisrk. Release: 2006; Russian publisher 1C, international publisher Atari) * ''Tomorrow war: K Factor'' – Russian title "Zavtra voina: Faktor K" (

depicting

in the 27th century. Studio: Crioland, Russia, Novosibisrk. Release: 2007; Russian publisher 1C, international publisher Atari (?)) * ''The Vault of Equilibrium: Beltion'' – Russian title "Svod Ravnovesiya: Beltion" ( RPG focusing on the magic inquisition of the Varan Republic. Studio: Rostok-Games, Ukraine, Kiev. Release: 2009; Russian publisher Novij Disk) * '' Men of War: Red Tide'' – Russian title "Chernye bushlaty" (

. Studio: 1C, Russia, Moscow. Release: 2009; Russian publisher 1C)

Note

# ''Tomorrow war''/''Tomorrow war: K Factor'' games based on Alexander Zorich space opera trilogy with the same name. # ''The Vault: Beltion Project'' based on Alexander Zorich fantasy tetralogy «The Vault of Equilibrium».

References

External links

Official site

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A.Zorich Live Journal
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