Biography
Alexey A. Oleynikov (1979) was born in Moscow, grew up in the south of Russia, in the small town Ipatovo, and his first book "Velka's childhood" is based on early memories of this place.
His first experiences as a writer was then he was a teen. He has become a writer thanks to a school librarian, who was the greatest listener in the world. He entered a space engineering faculty and graduated from the faculty of prose.
His first literary prize was for series of stories about a boy named Velka (2007).
He won the New Children Book prize (2011) and the Krapivin International Children Contest (2013).
Currently, he has published ten books, including six books of the fantasy series "Jenny Dalfin and hidden land".