Maks Fray

Officially, it is stated as follows: "Under the pseudonym Max Frei writes the gifted and unpredictable artist Svetlana Martynchik (b. 1965). Prose writer, journalist, critic, fiction writer. Author of a number of literary projects, including a cycle of fantasy best sellers, a large cycle of essays on literature and art, the popular reference dictionary The ABC of Contemporary Art, thematic literary anthologies compiled from works by classics of world literature and contemporary Russian authors. Sometimes the pseudonym is used for joint literary projects by the artists Svetlana Martynchik and Igor Stepin. The number of books written and compiled by Max Frei has already surpassed six dozen."

Unofficially and all over the Internet, it is like this: - Born in Odessa in 1965 - Studied at the Faculty of Philology of Odessa State University - Worked as a teacher in a rural school - Artist, manager of art projects - Fragments of their plasticine project with Igor Stepin, "The World of Homan," were shown at exhibitions in Europe and the USA - Has been living in Vilnius for several years.

Well, and most importantly: - Svetlana Martynchik writes books with her left foot - Igor Stepin does not write, but he invents all the names and titles