Alexander Zorich


Alexander Zorich is the collective pen name of two Russo-Ukrainian writers; Yana Botsman and Dmitry Gordevsky. The two write in Russian, in genres such as science fiction, fantasy and alternate history, as well as PC game scenarios.

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. She worked as an assistant professor in Kharkiv National University 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. He worked as an assistant professor in Kharkiv State University 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 Russia. 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".
The first book by Alexander Zorich has never been published.

"It was a huge, 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!".

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 Charles the Bold, last Duke of Burgundy, gained the title "Best Russian Fiction of 2001" by the "Ex-Libris" book review.
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, one cyberpunk novel, the book in the genre of alternate history and its sequel, four "classic" science fiction novels, two fairy tales, one stories collection and one "cryptohistory" novel 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 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 EKSMO and AST, and Severo-Zapad. Alexander Zorich actively cooperates with the leading Russian fantasy & SF magazines, including "Mir Fantastiki", "Esli", "Polden", "Zvezdnaya Doroga", "Nasha Fantastika", etc.
Several novels and stories by Alexander Zorich have been translated into Ukrainian and Polish.

Books

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