YANA VAGNER was born in Moscow in 1973 into a bilingual family. Her Czech mother came to Moscow in the 60s to study Russian language and literature. Yana graduated from Moscow State University with a major in management and has worked as an interpreter, an anchorperson on radio, and a logistics manager, which allowed her to travel extensively throughout Africa, Europe and Latin America. Yana Vagner lives with her husband, teenage son, and three dogs in their country house on the outskirts of Moscow. The author’s blog is define_violence.livejournal.com.

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Vongozero
Novel: drama, road-story, post-apocalyptic thriller
Exmo, Russia, 448pp, 2011

Prizes:
Longlisted for The New Literature Prize 2012
Nominated to the National Bestseller Prize 2012

Foreign Rights
Sweden Ersatz
Czech Republic Euromedia
Slovakia Ikar
France under offer

Film Rights:
Art Pictures, Russia

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