Andrey Kurkov, journalist, prison warder, cameraman and screenplay-writer and novelist, sold more than 75,000 copies of his self- published books in a single year. His novel Death and the Penguin, his first in English translation, became an international bestseller, translated into more than thirty languages. Born near Leningrad in 1961, Kurkov lives in Kiev with his family.
Andrey Kurkov, journalist, prison warder, cameraman and screenplay-writer and novelist, sold more than 75,000 copies of his self- published books in a single year. His novel Death and the Penguin, his first in English translation, became an international bestseller, translated into more than thirty languages. Born near Leningrad in 1961, Kurkov lives in Kiev with his family.
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