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Published April 1, 2024
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About the author
Catherine G. Lurid
6 books74 followersA London-based author with a Ukrainian grandpa, a Siberian grandma, and a Belarusian dad—basically, my family tree looks like the cast list of a very complicated historical drama.
Back in school, my Literature teacher told me I’d never become “the next Dostoevsky.” Honestly, that was fine—I never dreamed of being Fyodor Mikhailovich anyway. My secret ambition? To be a little more like Stephen King (minus the haunted hotels, hopefully).
My books tend to wander between genres, but there are a few things you can always count on: a pinch of horror, a dash of romance, and a healthy scoop of folklore and history.
I wrote my first detective stories in school—handwritten, stapled together, and passed around like contraband. Later, I flirted with history and even dreamed of archaeology, but my parents reminded me that while digging in the dirt and scribbling in notebooks might enrich my soul, it probably wouldn’t enrich my wallet. So, I became an engineer. (Dostoevsky was one too, so maybe my teacher wasn’t entirely wrong.)
Still, passion is stubborn. Writing always finds its way back. For me, it happened during maternity leave, when I finally had enough time to dive headfirst into storytelling. Do I wish I had started earlier? Sometimes. But my art studies taught me to notice beauty, and my engineering career taught me how to organize chaos—and both skills are priceless when you’re wrangling characters on a page.
Five years ago, I officially started this writing journey. Since then, I’ve been published in both self-publishing and traditional routes, in Belarusian and Russian. Now, I’m translating my earlier novels into English while also writing new ones.
If you’d like to follow along for updates and releases, I’d be grateful.
Welcome to my world—where love holds hands with horror, and folklore whispers just around the corner.
Back in school, my Literature teacher told me I’d never become “the next Dostoevsky.” Honestly, that was fine—I never dreamed of being Fyodor Mikhailovich anyway. My secret ambition? To be a little more like Stephen King (minus the haunted hotels, hopefully).
My books tend to wander between genres, but there are a few things you can always count on: a pinch of horror, a dash of romance, and a healthy scoop of folklore and history.
I wrote my first detective stories in school—handwritten, stapled together, and passed around like contraband. Later, I flirted with history and even dreamed of archaeology, but my parents reminded me that while digging in the dirt and scribbling in notebooks might enrich my soul, it probably wouldn’t enrich my wallet. So, I became an engineer. (Dostoevsky was one too, so maybe my teacher wasn’t entirely wrong.)
Still, passion is stubborn. Writing always finds its way back. For me, it happened during maternity leave, when I finally had enough time to dive headfirst into storytelling. Do I wish I had started earlier? Sometimes. But my art studies taught me to notice beauty, and my engineering career taught me how to organize chaos—and both skills are priceless when you’re wrangling characters on a page.
Five years ago, I officially started this writing journey. Since then, I’ve been published in both self-publishing and traditional routes, in Belarusian and Russian. Now, I’m translating my earlier novels into English while also writing new ones.
If you’d like to follow along for updates and releases, I’d be grateful.
Welcome to my world—where love holds hands with horror, and folklore whispers just around the corner.
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