Lia Arden

Liya Arden (real name: Vlada) was born on December 15 in the city of Saint Petersburg. She graduated from Saint Petersburg State University of Culture and Arts (now SPbGIK) with a degree in Cultural Studies (art management). At present, she has been living and working in Korea for more than seven years.

Since school, Vlada had been deeply fascinated by the history and culture of various countries: she read a great deal about Alexander the Great and studied Japanese. She also played many musical instruments, but eventually settled on percussion.

Vlada began writing in January 2019. By January 2020, she had 12 manuscripts on hand. At first, her trusted readers were relatives and friends, then she began posting her books online for free access. Her major official debut was the novel Mara and Morok, a romantic fantasy with Slavic motifs. It was published by Eksmo under the editorship of Kira Frolova, who made a major contribution to the popularization of domestic youth fantasy. The book received several additional print runs and made it into every possible year-end sales ranking. Mara and Morok remains a popular trilogy today. The books were also released in a limited premium gift edition featuring new additional illustrations and short texts. In addition, Mara and Morok opens a new youth fantasy series in affordable and convenient paperback editions.

Also published is the series with which Vlada began her creative work: Descendants of the First. It is a more масштабное work with an emphasis on a complex worldbuilding system; the series includes four novels. Here the focus is on an Arab atmosphere. The author’s standalone novel, The Bride of November, is planned by Eksmo to be released every year in November with new design. At present, the book has two ready editions. It is a fairy tale telling the story of embodied month-brothers, a young princess, and the beauty of a lost winter. A new dualogy of Asian fantasy is now beginning to be published, starting with the novel Double of the West. The plot is devoted to the history of the Khorin Empire, guarded by four dragons.

In her teens, Vlada adored Tolkien, Terry Brooks, Robert Salvatore