Biography
Mike Gelprin - a modern science fiction writer. Despite an unusual name, by nationality, the writer is Russian. It is published under his own surname, as well as under the pseudonym Ji Mike.Childhood and youth
Mike Gelprin was born in Leningrad on May 8, 1961. His ornament was not marked by significant events. After graduating from school, the guy entered the Leningrad Polytechnic University, where he studied in the specialty "Engineer-hydraulic engineering". After issuing a diploma Gelprin settled in the Research Institute "Energosetproekt". He worked 2 years there.
Further biography was in an unusual way. In 1994, the writer left his hometown and moved to a permanent residence in the United States of America, preferred New York. A strange country did not immediately be hospitable for a migrant. Gelprina had to look for work, and having tried himself in the new sphere, re-change the generation of activities.
Personal life
Michael Gelprin is married.The writer leads personal accounts in "VKontakte" and in Facebook. He lays out photos, video, notes, shares with fans of information about the progress of work on new works and stories from personal life.
Books
For the first time, Mike acted as a writer in 2006. His debut texts were orders for a poker magazine. In the past, Gelprin was playing gambling perfectly, so the work was alive and relevant. A year later, the author accidentally found the conditions of the literary contest on the Internet and decided to experience fate.
The first samples of the pen gave the writer the opportunity to assess the prospects for writing activities. He began writing works in the genre of fiction. Gelprin prefers stories and stories. After 7 years, his bibliography was replenished with 110 writings, which were published in collections, almanacs and magazines. The prolific author was strict to himself, so about the same number of works he destroyed as unsuitable, in his opinion.
In an interview, the writer has repeatedly mentioned that the works of Brothers Strugatsky had a great influence on his work. He considered himself a follower of Boris and assured that his literary works inspired to passion the writer and reading fiction.
Career Mike Gelprin has developed rapidly. He became the permanent author of the magazines "Russian Pioneer", "The World of Fiction", "Technique - Youth", "Science and Life", "Popular Mechanics" and others. The works of a fantist published in collections and anthologies of several popular publishers at once.
In 2013, "Eksmo" released the work of "Nomads to Injury". A year later, the light saw the book "Harmont. Our days". The latter became a continuation of the picnic novel on the side of Arkady and Boris Strugatsky. By the time Mike Gelprin was preparing for the release of the author's collection of stories. He received the name "Peacemaker of the 45th Caliber". In 2016, a novel "Survived" appeared on the shelves of bookstores, written in co-authorship with Julia Corphri.
At the same time, Mike and writer Lyudmila Demyina had the idea of creating a series of copyright compilations "Mirror", in each book of which the works of two authors could adjourn the works of two authors - men and women. The concept of Ripol Classic publishing house became interested. It released a writer's collection created in a duet with Olga Rain. The book was called the "Mirror for Heroes" and opened a series. In 2018, the 6th cycle book was released, over which Gelprin worked with a different Goldin.
Already in 2018, the same publisher approved the concept of the Aqua cycle. The first 2 works came out in the spring of 2019.
Behind the shoulders of Mike Gelprinna nomination and awards of literary competitions like "Rvangery", "Collection of Fantasy", "Azimuth", "Chestov Dozin", etc. Stories "Candle Zorenaya" and "Rattle Party" are used by Russian compilers for training for exam preparations for the exam As a training material. Recently, Gelprin tries himself in poetry. Mike does not like when he is called a writer, believing that the need to write and speak out for him rather "disease".
Mike Gelprin now
The author continues to work on the "Mirror" and Aqua cycles and actively advertises the books of these series on the Internet. Now the science fiction is still living in New York, periodically visiting Russia. In September 2019, he visited St. Petersburg and Moscow as part of a working business trip, which was combined with a hike on museums.Bibliography
- 2007 - "underground and over it"
- 2007 - "Draws Dolls"
- 2008 - "surviving"
- 2013 - "Nomads of unwitting"
- 2014 - "Harmont. Our days"
- 2014 - "Peacemaker of the 45th Caliber"
- 2017 - "Mirror for Heroes"
- 2018 - "Reflections and Mirage"
- 2019 - "Three colors of reflections"