Elena Zvezdnaya

Biography

Creativity

Elena has two college degrees, one in history and the other in psychology. According to her, the first education allows her to create socio-economic models in her worlds, and the second allows her to write detailed and believable character psychotypes. Elena Zvezdnaya writes in different genres and styles, from humorous fiction to dystopia. The author's books have a pronounced target audience - women, critics evaluate her style as "perky and ironic".

The writer has published more than twenty-five novels, including the Curse Academy series, the Right of the Strongest series, the Dead Games series, and the Terra series.

The first work published on paper was a love novel, Just One Kiss, printed in the publishing house Tsentropoligraf in 2011. After her debut, she began working with the publishing house "Alpha-book", where the following books were published: "Ranmarn Academy" (2011), "Hell. Adventures of a Mercenary" (2011), "Hell. Training as a mercenary" (2012).

Since 2012 Elena has been working with Exmo Publishers, which has published more than 20 of the writer's books. Since 2014, the publishing house "Eksmo" began publishing the writer's series "Academy of curses", consisting of eight books and became known for two years before the printed edition. Circulation figures for Elena's books, according to data published on the publishers' websites, exceed 95,000 copies, and other sources say they exceed 300,000[6]. Additional editions of Elena Zvezdnaya's books are published regularly, they are published also in online versions. Based on the writer's books a test was created "What Elena Zvezdnaya heroine do you look like", which was published in the magazine "Rest" and on the website of the publishing house "Eksmo". In 2016, "Eksmo" publishing house began publishing a new personal series of Elena - "Starry mood", the first novel of which is called "The Real Black Witch".

Criticism

Elena's work elicits quite a variety of responses from readers and critics - "This author has so many negative reviews and so many detractors that it's just amazing. If you draw an analogy, Star Elena is the same Daria Dontsova, only for the world of romantic and humorous fantasy. Zvezdnaya is similar to Daria Dontsova in the realm of creativity, and both of these writers are quite in demand.

But as lovers of detectives are embarrassed to admit that they are "hooked" on Dontsova's books, and fantasy fans do not want to voice their predilection for the works of Star Elena. Why only fanatics? After all Star Elena writes for girls, and it is visible in each line ". Some reviewers suggest to sell her books in drugstores on the shelf with novopassit, the number of fans of Elena Zvezdnaya's creation includes not only network readers, but also librarians.

Bibliography

2011 - Just One Kiss - (Tsentrpoligraf Publisher) - ISBN 978-5-227-02611-8

2012 - To marry a hero, or a Bride for a villain - (Exmo Publisher) - ISBN 978-5-699-58430-7

2013 - Extreme Interview - (Eksmo publishing house) - ISBN 978-5-699-64409-4

2014 - Enchantment Workshop - (Exmo Publishers) - ISBN 978-5-699-69186-9 - story in the collection.

2015 - Werewolf Castle - (Eksmo Publishers) - ISBN 978-5-699-83400-6

Ranmarn Academy series.

2011 - Ranmarn Academy - (Alfa-Book Publishers) - ISBN 978-5-9922-0994-5

Hell Cycle

2011 - Adventures of a mercenary - (Alfa-Book Publishers) - ISBN 978-5-9922-0986-0

2012 - Training of the mercenary - (Alfa-Book Publishers) - ISBN 978-5-9922-1141-2

Catriona Cycle

2012 - Princess of Special Assignment - (Eksmo Publisher) - ISBN 978-5-699-55114-9

2012 - The Princess Trap - (Eksmo Publishers) - ISBN 978-5-699-57203-8

2013 - The Emperor's Toy - (Exmo Publishers)[11] - ISBN 978-5-699-62760-8

2018 - Catriona: Rise of the Black Star - (Eksmo Publishers) - ISBN 978-5-04-099059-7

2019 - Catriona: The Shining of the Black Star - (Eksmo Publishers) - ISBN 978-5-04-099988-0

The Adventures of a Witch Girl series

2013 - My Private Enemy - (Eksmo Publishers) - ISBN 978-5-699-60469-2

The Right of the Strongest" series

2013 - Warrior's Daughter, or Cadets Don't Give Up - (Eksmo Publishers)[15] - ISBN 978-5-699-67561-6

2013 - Warrior's Bride, or Revenge on a Timetable - (Eksmo Publishers) - ISBN 978-5-699-69272-9

2015 - Collector's Edition. Warrior's Daughter. The warrior's bride (collection) - (Eksmo Publishers) - ISBN 978-5-699-79756-1

2016 - Warrior's Wife, or Love to Survive - (Eksmo Publishers) - ISBN 978-5-699-87183-4

Terra Cycle.

2014 - All Witches are Redheads - (Exmo Publishing)[16] - ISBN 978-5-699-69730-4

2014 - Be My Witch - (Exmo Publishers) - ISBN 978-5-699-70521-4

Elena Zvezdnaya is a contemporary Russian writer, author of books in the genre of "love humorous fantasy".

Biography

Elena Zvezdnaya is a pseudonym, the writer's real name is not known. She was born on November 22, 1981. Married, raising two daughters. Early work can be found under the pseudonym "Misty Witch"

Elena began writing books while working as a journalist. The author's debut book was "Dancing in the Night", presented in 2009 on the website "Samizdat". The same year Elena began working on the cycle "Adventures of mercenary Hell," which, according to the author, is her main literary work, but the works of this cycle did not immediately appear in print.

In March 2021 LitRes analyzed digital book sales statistics among the female audience over the past 10 years. Elena Zvezdnaya, who works in the genre of love humorous fantasy, leads among the best-selling books among women.

Creativity

Elena has two college degrees, one in history and the other in psychology. According to her, the first education allows her to create socio-economic models in her worlds, and the second allows her to write detailed and believable character psychotypes. Elena Zvezdnaya writes in different genres and styles, from humorous fiction to dystopia. The author's books have a pronounced target audience - women, critics evaluate her style as "perky and ironic".

The writer has published more than twenty-five novels, including the Curse Academy series, the Right of the Strongest series, the Dead Games series, and the Terra series.

The first work published on paper was a love novel, Just One Kiss, printed in the publishing house Tsentropoligraf in 2011. After her debut, she began working with the publishing house "Alpha-book", where the following books were published: "Ranmarn Academy" (2011), "Hell. Adventures of a Mercenary" (2011), "Hell. Training as a mercenary" (2012).

Since 2012 Elena has been working with Exmo Publishers, which has published more than 20 of the writer's books. Since 2014, the publishing house "Eksmo" began publishing the writer's series "Academy of curses", consisting of eight books and became known for two years before the printed edition. Circulation figures for Elena's books, according to data published on the publishers' websites, exceed 95,000 copies, and other sources say they exceed 300,000[6]. Additional editions of Elena Zvezdnaya's books are published regularly, they are published also in online versions. Based on the writer's books a test was created "What Elena Zvezdnaya heroine do you look like", which was published in the magazine "Rest" and on the website of the publishing house "Eksmo". In 2016, "Eksmo" publishing house began publishing a new personal series of Elena - "Starry mood", the first novel of which is called "The Real Black Witch".

Criticism

Elena's work elicits quite a variety of responses from readers and critics - "This author has so many negative reviews and so many detractors that it's just amazing. If you draw an analogy, Star Elena is the same Daria Dontsova, only for the world of romantic and humorous fantasy. Zvezdnaya is similar to Daria Dontsova in the realm of creativity, and both of these writers are quite in demand.

But as lovers of detectives are embarrassed to admit that they are "hooked" on Dontsova's books, and fantasy fans do not want to voice their predilection for the works of Star Elena. Why only fanatics? After all Star Elena writes for girls, and it is visible in each line ". Some reviewers suggest to sell her books in drugstores on the shelf with novopassit, the number of fans of Elena Zvezdnaya's creation includes not only network readers, but also librarians.

Bibliography

2011 - Just One Kiss - (Tsentrpoligraf Publisher) - ISBN 978-5-227-02611-8

2012 - To marry a hero, or a Bride for a villain - (Exmo Publisher) - ISBN 978-5-699-58430-7

2013 - Extreme Interview - (Eksmo publishing house) - ISBN 978-5-699-64409-4

2014 - Enchantment Workshop - (Exmo Publishers) - ISBN 978-5-699-69186-9 - story in the collection.

2015 - Werewolf Castle - (Eksmo Publishers) - ISBN 978-5-699-83400-6

Ranmarn Academy series.

2011 - Ranmarn Academy - (Alfa-Book Publishers) - ISBN 978-5-9922-0994-5

Hell Cycle

2011 - Adventures of a mercenary - (Alfa-Book Publishers) - ISBN 978-5-9922-0986-0

2012 - Training of the mercenary - (Alfa-Book Publishers) - ISBN 978-5-9922-1141-2

Catriona Cycle

2012 - Princess of Special Assignment - (Eksmo Publisher) - ISBN 978-5-699-55114-9

2012 - The Princess Trap - (Eksmo Publishers) - ISBN 978-5-699-57203-8

2013 - The Emperor's Toy - (Exmo Publishers)[11] - ISBN 978-5-699-62760-8

2018 - Catriona: Rise of the Black Star - (Eksmo Publishers) - ISBN 978-5-04-099059-7

2019 - Catriona: The Shining of the Black Star - (Eksmo Publishers) - ISBN 978-5-04-099988-0

The Adventures of a Witch Girl series

2013 - My Private Enemy - (Eksmo Publishers) - ISBN 978-5-699-60469-2

The Right of the Strongest" series

2013 - Warrior's Daughter, or Cadets Don't Give Up - (Eksmo Publishers)[15] - ISBN 978-5-699-67561-6

2013 - Warrior's Bride, or Revenge on a Timetable - (Eksmo Publishers) - ISBN 978-5-699-69272-9

2015 - Collector's Edition. Warrior's Daughter. The warrior's bride (collection) - (Eksmo Publishers) - ISBN 978-5-699-79756-1

2016 - Warrior's Wife, or Love to Survive - (Eksmo Publishers) - ISBN 978-5-699-87183-4

Terra Cycle.

2014 - All Witches are Redheads - (Exmo Publishing)[16] - ISBN 978-5-699-69730-4

2014 - Be My Witch - (Exmo Publishers) - ISBN 978-5-699-70521-4