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Max Kidruk

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Max Kidruk (Ukranian: Макс Кідрук; born April 1, 1984 in Volodymyrets, Rivne region, Ukraine) - popular Ukrainian writer and science popularizer, holds a master’s degree in Energy Engineering. Studied at the National University of Water Management and Nature Resources Use (Rivne, Ukraine), and then was getting a postgraduate education at Kyiv Polytechnic University and Stockholm Royal Institute of Technology. He left both graduate schools in 2009, having decided to become a professional writer.

While living in Stockholm, he started traveling actively, first around Europe, then further abroad. Currently, he has visited more than 35 countries, including Tanzania, Mexico, Ecuador, Peru, China, Chile, Brazil, Angola, Namibia, New Zealand, Indone Max Kidruk (Ukranian: Макс Кідрук; born April 1, 1984 in Volodymyrets, Rivne region, Ukraine) - popular Ukrainian writer and science popularizer, holds a master’s degree in Energy Engineering. Studied at the National University of Water Management and Nature Resources Use (Rivne, Ukraine), and then was getting a postgraduate education at Kyiv Polytechnic University and Stockholm Royal Institute of Technology. He left both graduate schools in 2009, having decided to become a professional writer.

While living in Stockholm, he started traveling actively, first around Europe, then further abroad. Currently, he has visited more than 35 countries, including Tanzania, Mexico, Ecuador, Peru, China, Chile, Brazil, Angola, Namibia, New Zealand, Indonesia and others. For a while was a travel journalist for a number of Ukrainian magazines. In 2009, was published his first book, a travelogue “Mexican Chronicles. The Story of One Dream” (the second prize of the Ukrainian Literary Award “Coronation of the Word” (2009), the debut of the year from the bookstore chain ‘KS’). Over the next three years, Kidruk published three autobiographical travelogues, “Journey to the Navel of the World” about Easter Island, “Love and Piranhas” about Brazil, and “To Zealand!” on the Egyptian Revolution, Syria and New Zealand. All of them earned reasonable success among the readers. In 2012, Kidruk published the first fiction novel, a sci-fi thriller ”Bot”, dubbed by critics as ‘the first Ukrainian techno-thriller’. Over seven years, “Bot” was republished more than 6 times, the current edition – in November 2019.
Over the next few years, Kidruk was slowly moving from writing techno-thrillers (“The Stronghold”, “The Ruthless Skies”) to more serious dramatic and psychological stories. The sci-fi book “The Inner Side of Dreams” (2016) and the social novel “Godlessness” (2018) were shortlisted for the BBC Book of the Year Award. The novel “Godlessness” remained in the TOP-20 of the bookstore chain “Bookstore E” for 13 weeks, 7 of which held the first position.

In the spring of 2015, in Poland was published currently the only Kidruk’s non-fiction book, “Ja Ukrainiec” (“I, the Ukrainian”). In the book, the author analyzes relations between Ukraine and Russia from the beginning of the liberation war led by Bohdan Khmelnytsky to the events of the Revolution of Dignity (2013-2014) and Russian military intervention in eastern Ukraine.

In 2017, Kidruk amazed the literary community by announcing a large-scale presentation tour with the new novel “Don’t Look Back and Stay Quiet”. The tour covered 100 cities of Ukraine, where almost 140 presentations were made. For this novel the number of printed copies by the beginning of 2019 has exceeded 30 thousand.

In the fall of 2019, Kidruk’s first augmented reality novel “Until the light fades away” was published. In addition to the interactive cover, the mobile application developed specifically for the book includes supplementary storylines, photos of the places where the events of the novel happen, a full diary of one of the characters, and a chat the reader can use to talk with one of the characters. The first print run (12,000 copies) was sold within the period of a month and a half. In the second week of sales, the book held the top spot of the TOP-20 list of the ‘Bookstore E’ network and at the end of 2019 continues to be in the top.

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	Не озирайся і мовчи by Max Kidruk (Goodreads Author), Макс Кідрук 4.39 avg rating — 4,953 ratings — published 2017 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Нові Темні Віки. Колонія 4.67 avg rating — 3,630 ratings — published 2023 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Де немає Бога by Max Kidruk (Goodreads Author), Макс Кідрук 4.12 avg rating — 2,383 ratings — published 2018 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Зазирни у мої сни by Max Kidruk (Goodreads Author), Макс Кідрук 4.26 avg rating — 2,148 ratings — published 2016	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Доки світло не згасне назавжди by Max Kidruk (Goodreads Author), Макс Кідрук 4.42 avg rating — 2,000 ratings — published 2019 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Бот. Атакамська криза by Max Kidruk (Goodreads Author), Макс Кідрук 4.45 avg rating — 1,925 ratings — published 2012 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Твердиня by Max Kidruk (Goodreads Author), Макс Кідрук 4.38 avg rating — 1,276 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Жорстоке небо by Max Kidruk (Goodreads Author), Макс Кідрук 4.20 avg rating — 1,143 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Бот. Ґуаякільський парадокс by Max Kidruk (Goodreads Author), Макс Кідрук 4.29 avg rating — 1,120 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Теорія неймовірності by Max Kidruk (Goodreads Author), Макс Кідрук 4.55 avg rating — 887 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Знати, як це називають, і знати, що це таке, - цілковито різні речі.”
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“Не варто забувати, що найлютіші бурі завжди починаються з легкого вітерця.”
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