Biography:

I was born in Veliko Tarnovo , Bulgaria , on 3 rd of October 1967. Finished my higher education at University of Sofia “ St. Kliment Ohridsky ” in 1993. My graduation paper was named “Place and role of Russian classic literature at school. Works of Pushkin and Lermontov ”.

I worked as a teacher of Bulgarian language and World Literatures at “National College of Mathematics”, Sofia , and “ Secondary School of Humanities ”, Veliko Tarnovo .

Since year 2000 I live in UK . For the period 2000-2001 I worked as a correspondent of a Bulgarian newspaper, named “ Art Forum ”, editing the rubric “ England – Portrait of a country at the beginning of the 21 st century”.

I published my first poetry book “Transformations” in 1999 (Bulgarian language). My second book “A child, a woman and a prophet” was published in 2000 followed by the bilingual “These Simple Things”, which was part of the cultural initiative “Bulgarian Easter”, organised by the Bulgarian government.

My first novel “The Road” was published in 2002 and was represented to the Bulgarian readers in UK at the Bulgarian Embassy in London .

In the summer of year 2003 I organised a charity event by selling the novel in support of restoration works of the Christian temple “The Assumption of Holy Virgin” – an object of historical and cultural importance in Bulgaria.

PUBLICATIONS

"Transformations", Poetry book in Bulgarian language, 1999.

"A child, a woman and a prophet", Poetry book in Bulgarian language, 2000.

"These simple things", Poetry book in English and Bulgarian language, 2000. This book was part of the cultural programme “Bulgarian Easter” under the patronage of the Bulgarian government and was published with the kind assistance of the foundation “Future for Bulgaria”.

“The road”, Novel in Bulgarian language, 2002. This book was represented to the Bulgarian readers in UK at the Bulgarian embassy in London. In the summer of 2003 the book was in the centre of a charity event aimed to support the restoration of one of the oldest Christian temples on the Balkan peninsular - “The Assumption of the Holy Virgin”, Bulgaria.

I have published many articles as a correspondent in UK of the Bulgarian newspaper “Art Forum”. The title of my rubric was “England – Portrait of a Country at the beginning of 21st century”.

I am in a process of preparing my next novel for publishing in Bulgaria. My future plans are the book to be translated in English and published in the UK.