Natalia Matolinets

Natalia Matolinets studied at Lviv University. The recorded working language is Ukrainian. The field of work recorded is creative and professional writing, fantasy literature and poetry. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are fantasy, young adult, urban fantasy and mythic fiction. Places of work recorded in the authority are Lviv. Distinctions recorded are Koronatsiya Slova 2017 and European Science Fiction Society Award.

• Name — Natalia Matolinets • Born — 20 December 1990 • Birthplace — Lviv, Ukraine • Occupation — * Novelist • short-story writer • Years Active — 2005–present • Genre — Fantasy • Education — Ivan Franko National University of Lviv

Natalia Matolinets was born in Lviv, Ukraine in 1990. She attended Ivan Franko National University of Lviv to study journalism and graduated in 2013. She is the author of several novels, including the urban fantasy trilogy Varta in the Game, inspired by various European cities. Other works include mythological fantasy Hessie, Amaterasu Academy, All My Keys and Gaia and historical Ceramic Hearts. Among her accolades are the Eurocon 2023 Chrysalis Award from ESFS, "Best Debut" and "Best Series" distinctions from BaraBooka, BBC Children's Book of the Year shortlist, etc. She has served as a literary resident of Gdańsk City Culture Institute and Gdańsk City of Literature in 2022, and held the same position in Prague UNESCO City of Literature in 2023. Guest speaker of festivals and panel discussions in Poland, the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Sweden and the United Kingdom. A member of Swedish PEN since 2024. Her book Varta in the Game was published in translation by Fragment Publishing House, Czech Republic, in 2023. Her books and short stories are translated to Polish, Czech, Bulgarian and English. Natalia Matolinets is a co-founder of the Ukrainian literary association "Fantastic talk(s)", along with four other Ukrainian science fiction writers - Natalia Dovgopol, Iryna Grabovska, Daria Piskozub, and Svitlana Taratorina.

• Varta in the Game (2018) • Hessie (2018) • Varta in the Game. The Artifact of Prague (2019) • Amaterasu Academy (2019) • Ceramic Hearts (2020) • Varta in the Game. The Blood of Budapest (2021) • All My Keys and Gaia (2022) • All My Keys and Gaia. Northern Fire (2024)

• The Alliance for the Rescue of Tiles and People (2023)

• The Lady of the Starry Jars (NewMyths.Com, 2024) • A Name Bead and a Demon (In Another Time Magazine, 2024)

Natalia Matolinets is classed in the genre young adult literature. Recorded with the occupation journalist. Classed in the genre mythic fiction. Classed in the genre urban fantasy. Recorded as having received Koronatsiya Slova 2017 and European Science Fiction Society Award. Career and activity. Matolinets worked in creative and professional writing, fantasy literature and poetry. She belonged to National Writers' Union of Ukraine and Swedish PEN Club. She worked at Lviv.