Darya Bobyleva is a young Russian novelist, short story writer and poet. Her books have been shortlisted for major commercial awards in Russia and she has won two Russian language Horror and genre awards. Critics have compared her writing to authors as varied as Stephen King, Gogol and the Strugatsky Brothers. Ilona Chavasse spends a lot of time hiding out in places, reading. In time left spare, she works in UK trade publishing and translates from Russian. She is the translator, among other works, of Yuri Rytkheu’s When the Whales Leave.

"An age-old tale melded with the cosiness of the quotidian and multiplied by the greenly-scented, ancient call of the wild "– Anna Zhuchkova, Literatura magazine"Bobyleva’s novel is a complex linguistic spell that captures awe and wonder, fear and love, sacrifice and selfishness, all embodied in a few isolated cabins and their all-too-human owners."– Paul Di Filippo, Locus Magazine

Darya Bobyleva is a young Russian novelist, short story writer and poet. Her books have been shortlisted for major commercial awards in Russia and she has won two Russian language Horror and genre awards. Critics have compared her writing to authors as varied as Stephen King, Gogol and the Strugatsky Brothers. Ilona Chavasse spends a lot of time hiding out in places, reading. In time left spare, she works in UK trade publishing and translates from Russian. She is the translator, among other works, of Yuri Rytkheu’s When the Whales Leave.

"An age-old tale melded with the cosiness of the quotidian and multiplied by the greenly-scented, ancient call of the wild "– Anna Zhuchkova, Literatura magazine"Bobyleva’s novel is a complex linguistic spell that captures awe and wonder, fear and love, sacrifice and selfishness, all embodied in a few isolated cabins and their all-too-human owners."– Paul Di Filippo, Locus Magazine

Darya Bobyleva is a young Russian novelist, short story writer and poet. Her books have been shortlisted for major commercial awards in Russia and she has won two Russian language Horror and genre awards. Critics have compared her writing to authors as varied as Stephen King, Gogol and the Strugatsky Brothers. Ilona Chavasse spends a lot of time hiding out in places, reading. In time left spare, she works in UK trade publishing and translates from Russian. She is the translator, among other works, of Yuri Rytkheu’s When the Whales Leave.

"An age-old tale melded with the cosiness of the quotidian and multiplied by the greenly-scented, ancient call of the wild "– Anna Zhuchkova, Literatura magazine"Bobyleva’s novel is a complex linguistic spell that captures awe and wonder, fear and love, sacrifice and selfishness, all embodied in a few isolated cabins and their all-too-human owners."– Paul Di Filippo, Locus Magazine