Max Kidruk (b. 1984) is a Ukrainian writer, radio host and publisher, an energy engineer by training, who studied at the National University of Water and Environmental Engineering (Rivne, Ukraine), then at the postgraduate courses of the Kyiv Polytechnic and the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. He left both postgraduate programmes in 2009, deciding to become a professional writer.

While living in Stockholm, he started travelling - first in Europe, then beyond. He has visited more than 35 countries, including Tanzania, Mexico, Ecuador, Peru, China, Chile, Bra...