Biography
Basic information
- Date of birth: September 23, 1989
- Place of birth: Lviv, Ukraine
- Professions: writer, blogger, book reviewer, translator, copywriter
Education
- Lviv Ukrainian Gymnasium with in-depth study of foreign languages and Ukrainian studies
- Faculty of International Economic Relations, Ivan Franko National University
Literary debut and pseudonym
- 2014 — the first story in the anthology "Warm Love Stories" under the pseudonym Iva Schon
- 2016 — victory in the International "Coronation of the Word" competition (nomination "Plays for children") with the play "Zaviryukha"
- 2016 — joining the Lviv Women's Literary Club
Key works and acknowledgments
- Storm novel "Salt for the sea, or the White Whale" (2017)
- Laureate of the international Ukrainian-German summer award named after O. Honchara (2018, "Prose")
- "The best book for teenagers" according to the results of the "Clay Cat - 2018" award
- Based on the novel, the play "Salt for the Sea" was created by the acting school "Parmesan" (2019)
- Book "The Pack" (2018)
- Winner of "Espresso. Readers' Choice 2019" in the category "Best book for children and teenagers"
Co-authored and anthological projects
- Co-author of the novel "The House in which Time Lost" (2017; together with Victoria Hranetska and Maryna Odnorog)
- In co-authorship with Oleg Bakulin:
- "Everything will be fine" (2018)
- "No one else" (2020)
- Stories in collections:
- "Lviv. Sweets Christmas" (2016)
- "Lviv. Cherries Rains" (2017)
- "Happiness in the window" (2017)
Topic and style
- Combines the game of genres: from dramatic prose to fantasy and youth stories
- Focus on the experiences of teenagers and the search for their own "home"
- Lively dialogues and sensual descriptions that touch on the themes of family, friendship and growing up
