Svetlana Yuryevna Martynchik (Russian: Светла́на Ю́рьевна Марты́нчик; born 1965 in Odessa, Soviet Union) is a Russian writer and artist who has also published under the pseudonym Max Frei.[1]
Martynchik studied at the philological department of Odessa State University, but dropped out without graduating. Martynchik lived in Moscow since 1993 and lives in Vilnius since 2004.
As Max Frei, Martynchik has written ten fantasy novels in the Labyrinths of Echo series ("Лабиринты Eхо") as well as several other works. Max Frei also appears as a character and the narrator in the Labyrinths of Echo.