Biography

Basic information

  • Real name: Myroslava Ivanivna Zamoyska
  • Date of birth: September 20, 1970
  • Origin: Sekun village, Volyn region
  • Place of residence: Lviv
  • Profession: fantasy writer, teacher

Education

  • Secondary school: Knyazhi village, Lviv region
  • Higher education: journalism and editorial department of the Ukrainian Polygraphic Institute in Lviv
    (now β€” Ukrainian Academy of Printing)

Literary debut and breakthrough

  • 2010 β€” the novel Honyhmarnyk (publishing house "Club of Family Leisure")
  • 3rd prize "Coronation of words - 2010" (nomination "Novel")
  • "Debut of the year" from "Reader's Friend"
  • "PORTAL-2011" fiction assembly prize β€” "Self-discovery" named after IN. Savchenko
  • Unofficial title β€” "Ukrainian Stephanie Mayer"
  • The purpose of the book: popularization of Ukrainian mythology among teenagers

The following publications and awards

  • Because you are β€” "Publisher's Choice", "Coronation of the Word - 2011"
  • The reverse side of the light β€” "Choice of publishers", 2012
  • A star for you (2013)
  • The other side of darkness (2013)
  • Cuckoos of Winter (co-authored with Tala Vladmirova, 2014)
  • Diary of a seagull (2014)
  • Cloud-colored wings (co-authored with Tala Vladmirova, 2015)
  • Petrus-chimorodnik (2015)
  • The other side of the dark (2016)
  • The other side of the worlds (2016)

Creative features

  • Deep interest in pre-Christian mythology and proto-Ukrainian beliefs
  • Own myth-making based on ethnography, folk music, fairy-tale archetypes
  • The goal is to revive interest in Ukrainian myths in modern mass literature

Personal life

  • Mother of two children - daughter Iryna and son Maksym
  • Considers children to be the main achievement of life
  • Works at the Lviv National Academy of Arts