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Radek Rak (b. 1987) is a native of the Polish Subcarpathian region. He is the winner of a number of literary awards, both fandom and general cultural ones (he was twice the winner of the E. Żuławski Prize, the winner of the J. Seidel Prize, the Nick Literary Award, the Schlönkf Prize, and the Eurocon Award in the category of Best Novel).

Radek Rak's works are a delicate blend of magical realism, domestic romance and fantasy (with clearly visible ethnic motifs), often inspired by the history of the places where the author spent his childhood and youth. Folk legends and mythical creatures, urban space and famous characters from history and literature - all this is woven into a single bizarre world in which you do not always understand where the author's imagination ends and the incredible twists and turns of real history begin.

Lublin in the interwar years and a small Rusyn village in Subcarpathia. Alchemists, sorcerers, demonic and infernal creatures walking the streets of the city alongside its inhabitants, and the tragedy of people who have only the memory of themselves: a blurred and fragile memory where reality is combined with fairy tales and myth; a memory that can only be carried by those who have experienced and survived. A memory that goes away with them. City and countryside, reality and fairy tale form intricate patterns on the pages of this book.

In his interviews, Radek Rak often speaks of himself as a descendant of Polish serfs. This double optic - that of a city dweller who has mastered the cultural and literary canons of the modern world, and that of a man who tries not to forget his roots - leaves its mark on most of his works. This results in intricately intertwined plots where characters of folk demonology and (quasi-)historical heroes collide in the whirlwind of places and cities, immersed in Polish everyday life of the last three centuries, and so skilfully intertwined that sometimes it is impossible to separate myth from reality.