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Igor Rendić

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I'm a freelance translator and speculative fiction writer. My fiction in Croatian has so far won seven awards, which I'm really proud of, and I've published several stories in English and (so far) two novels - A Town Called River and Seasons of the River, urban fantasy adventures set in Croatia.

Literary translations are my main jam, but I've also had experience with everything from work with tourist and PR agencies to banks and museums. I've written copy for a similarly wide range of clients.

When I'm not translating, writing or reading (seriously, I read *a lot*) you can find me taking long walks while listening to podcasts and audio dramas - or if there's a sci-fi con nearby, I'm either at a quiz or hanging out with my geeky friends.

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	Mračna ljubav by Ana Huang (Goodreads Author), Igor Rendić (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.71 avg rating — 1,580,256 ratings — published 2021 — 16 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
	Popis uzvanika by Lucy Foley (Goodreads Author), Igor Rendić (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.80 avg rating — 1,260,208 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	Konačno carstvo (Maglorođeni,#1). by Brandon Sanderson (Goodreads Author), Igor Rendić (Goodreads Author) (Translator ) 4.49 avg rating — 948,764 ratings — published 2006 — 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
	Mračne igre (Twisted, #2) by Ana Huang (Goodreads Author), Igor Rendić (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 4.08 avg rating — 1,039,910 ratings — published 2021 — 82 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
	Mračna mržnja (Twisted, #3) by Ana Huang (Goodreads Author), Igor Rendić (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.95 avg rating — 779,556 ratings — published 2022 — 77 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
	Mračne laži (Twisted, #4) by Ana Huang (Goodreads Author), Igor Rendić (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 4.16 avg rating — 671,014 ratings — published 2022 — 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
	A Town Called River 4.03 avg rating — 65 ratings — 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
	Seasons of the River (A Town Called River Book 2) 3.83 avg rating — 12 ratings — 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
	A River in the Dark (A Town Called River Book 3) 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — 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
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A River in the Dark is out!

Early this morning, the third and final book in the A Town Called River trilogy came out in e-book (paperback coming soon!).

Am I excited? Of course! It’s also surreal (I’ve said that for the previous two books too, I know) because one day you’re an aspiring novelist in 2020 and then somehow it’s 2024 and you’ve finished a trilogy.

The entire road has been both long and short because what is time an

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“Rijeka literally means ‘river’ in everyday Croatian. Growing up, it never seemed strange to me - only after we moved, and I was surrounded by other languages on a daily basis, did I realize it was like naming a town Forest or Hill without using an old-timey word to do it.”
― Igor Rendić, A Town Called River

tags: city-names, rijeka

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“I'll take crazy over stupid any day.”
― Joss Whedon

tags: insanity, stupidity

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“Occasionally, there arises a writing situation where you see an alternative to what you are doing, a mad, wild gamble of a way for handling something, which may leave you looking stupid, ridiculous or brilliant -you just don't know which. You can play it safe there, too, and proceed along the route you'd mapped out for yourself. Or you can trust your personal demon who delivered that crazy idea in the first place.
Trust your demon.”
― Roger Zelazny

tags: passion-play

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“To absent friends, lost loves, old gods, and the season of mists; and may each and every one of us always give the devil his due.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 4: Season of Mists

tags: toasts

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“What came first – the music or the misery? Did I listen to the music because I was miserable? Or was I miserable because I listened to the music? Do all those records turn you into a melancholy person?”
― Nick Hornby, High Fidelity

tags: music

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“One must not put trust in novelists, Beth; they create worlds to fit their own needs and drive their characters mad in doing it.”
― Mary Robinette Kowal, Shades of Milk and Honey

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