Dmitry Dornichev

Dmitry Dornichev was born and still lives on Sakhalin island, Siberia—the one that's shaped like a fish. As an islander, he loves fishing, eating red caviar, and playing tag with bears. There are so many of them on the island, they walk around town like they own the place.

He has two degrees in computer programming, and he's actually worked as a programmer his entire life.

But then one dreadful day he ran out of interesting stuff to read online and had to take matters into his own hands. That's how he got into writing. Since then, he's had to kiss vacation, sleep, free time, and all that other stuff goodbye . . . somebody help him!