Volodymyr Arenev (born October 1, 1978) is a Ukrainian author of fantasy and SF for adults and teenagers, screenwriter, and teacher of creative writing. Arenev has written more than 30 books, including an urban fantasy trilogy on Russia’s aggression against Ukraine in 2014. His books are recommended for reading at school by the Ministry of Education of Ukraine. Volodymyr’s works were published in Ukrainian, English, French, German, Polish, Lithuanian, Estonian, Chinese, Russian etc.

“Soulhold” (2014), “Dragonbone Powder” (2015), “Doghead`s Child” (2018), “Sapienses” (2019) have been awarded various literary awards including — “Best creator of children’s Science Fiction or fantasy books” (ESFS Awards; Dublin, Ireland 2014), “Best fantasy novel for YA” (2018) by Barabooka, “BBC Book of the Year (nomination “Book for Children”)” (2019). And the novel “The Sworn Sword, or the Voice of Blood” reached the final of the most prestigious Ukrainian award – the Taras Shevchenko Prize.

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