Polina Dashkova

Polina Dashkova (born 14 July 1960) is a Russian crime novelist.

Life Dashkova was born in Moscow in 1960. She was educated at the Maxim Gorky Literature Institute and then she worked as a journalist and as a translator from English. Her first novel was published in 1996. Since then she has published a series of books which are based upon the recent time of changes in Russia. At least a dozen of her books have been translated into German. A few of her books have been translated into Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Polish, Spanish.

In 2018 she was identified as one of the most popular women crime writers in Russia together with Darya Dontsova, Alexandra Marinina and Tatyana Ustinova beating many other living writers.

Works Russian Title Publication Date German Title Translator Publication Date English Translation of Title Кровь нерождённых 1996 Lenas Flucht Helmut Ettinger 2004 Lena's Flight Место под солнцем 1999 Club Kalaschnikow Margret Fieseler 2002 Club Kalaschnikov Образ врага 2000 Лёгкие шаги безумия 2000 Die leichten Schritte des Wahnsinns Margret Fieseler 2002 Madness Treads Lightly 2015