Andrzej Pilipiuk
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Andrzej Pilipiuk (born March 20, 1974), Polish humoristic science-fiction and fantasy author. He debuted in 1996 with short story "Hiena", which featured the first appearance of Jakub Wędrowycz, an alcoholic exorcist. Since that time, Pilipiuk has written several dozen other short stories about that character, recently gathered in 5 books (Kroniki Jakuba Wędrowycza (2002), Czarownik Iwanow (2002), Weźmisz Czarno kure (2002), Zagadka Kuby Rozpruwacza (2004), Wieszać każdy może... (2006)).
Thrice nominated to the Janusz A. Zajdel Award, winner of Zajdel in 2002 for his short story Kuzynki, which he expanded into a novel in 2003 and followed by sequels: Księżniczka in 2004 and Dziedziczki in 2005. The series portrays the adventures of 3 women: an over 1000-years old teenage vampire, a 300-year old alchemist-szlachcianka, and her relative, a former Polish secret agent from CBŚ (Polish 'FBI'). A recurring character in the series alchemist Michał Sędziwój, and the universe is the same as the one of Wędrowycz (who makes appearances from time to time).
Pilipiuk has also written 19 books about a historian-detective "Pan Samochodzik" (as Tomasz Olszakowski).
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