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The book has been already translated in the following languages (rights are not for sale): Slovak

Author Biography

Halyna Vdovychenko is a Ukrainian writer, journalist, and member of PEN Ukraine, based in Lviv. She graduated from the Department of Philology of Lviv National University. In September 2008, Halyna Vdovychenko made her debut with the novel Half Apple and immediately earned the recognition of readers. The EMPIK bookselling network awarded her the Debut of 2008 award in The Best Author category, and the Korrespondent magazine awarded her the second prize in the competition for the best Ukrainian book. In June 2009, Halyna Vdovychenko won the First Prize in the Novel category at the Coronation of the Word 2009 literary competition for The Herburt Castle. Vdovychenko has been a finalist or laureate in more than 20 literary competitions. 

Khrystyna Lukashchuk is a talented Ukrainian writer and illustrator. She was born in 1972 in Lviv and studied artistic ceramics. She specialised in architecture at the Lviv State Agrarian University. Since 2014, she has been writing and illustrating children's books. She has won the Coronation of Words (Koronatsia Slova) competition multiple times. She also won the Oles Honchar literary contest. In 2017 the literary portal Bukmol recognized her as one of the best illustrators of Ukraine. She wrote and illustrated about thirty books. Her landmark book, A Tale of the Maidan (2014), was published in Ukraine and abroad.