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Howdy ho there lovies, so without further ado, here's the Interview! It's a long one, so brace yourselves! Let's start off with the basics,  WHAT was it that got you interested in writing your own stories? In what stage of your life were you & what or who were your inspirations?   I have always been fascinated by writers; they were my unattainable idols, heavenly creatures. I could only admire their work, not even hoping to go in their direction. Since great books were almost impossible to get in Soviet Russia, I borrowed them from the library nearby (from where my mother fetched me on her way from work), and – prepare yourselves now – copied them in thick notebooks for further re-readings! My inspirations were and still are science-fiction writers- Bradbury, Asimov, Zelazni, Philip K. Dick, and our Russian authors: the Strugatsky brothers (sadly, both passed on now) and Sergei Lukianenko, who wrote amazing dystopian novels before S. Collins. Too bad they ar...