Tomas Dusek

I first encountered the Science Fiction genre when I watched the Czech movie Ikarie-XB1 (based on the novel by Polish SF author Stanislaw Lem). I was terrified, I had nightmares long after that, but at the same time, I felt deeply fascinated. Since then, I literally devoured every SciFi title available in Czechoslovakia at that time (the choice was quite limited in those communist times). After the revolution in 1989, I got my first chance to meet the Fantasy genre, and it was love at fist sight. Influenced by Andrzej Sapkowski, Robert Merle, Stanislaw Lem, Strugacki brothers, children's comics and other literary role models, I began to write myself. I am a proud owner of an antiques store in Prague where I sell books as well as all kinds of vintage items. I try to split my time between the shop, writing and family (I take care about two teenage sons and always look forward to visits of one of my two daughters who do not live with me).