Marina and Sergey Dyachenko

Maryna and Serhiy Dyachenko (Ukrainian: Дяченки Марина та Сергій)
Born	Maryna - 1968, Serhiy - 1945 Kiev
Nationality	Ukrainian
Genre	Science-fiction, Fantasy, Fairy tale
Literary movement	"M"-realism

Spouses Maryna Yuryevna Dyachenko and Serhiy Serhievich Dyachenko (rus. Марина и Сергей Дяченко, ukr. Марина та Сергій Дяченки) are Russophone Ukrainian co-authors of fantasy literature. They write in Russian, but also often first publish their books in Ukrainian. The Dyachenkos hail from Kiev and currently reside in Moscow, Russia.

Maryna and Serhiy claim that the bulk of their work is "M"-realism (a possible guess is that "M" stands for magic, but it was never confirmed by either author).

Their first work, The Gate-Keeper (Russian: Привратник), was published in 1994. This novel received the "Crystal Table" prize (Russian: Хрустальный стол) at the book festival Zoryany Schlyach, the novel was awarded the title "Best Debut Work" during EuroCon competition in 1995. The Gate-keeper became the first novel in Dyachenko's fantasy tetralogy Wanderers ("Скитальцы"). With publishing of The Scar (Russian: Шрам) (1997), the sequel of The Gate-Keeper, Dyachenko established themselves as masters of psychological fantastic fiction. The Scar has received "Sword in the Stone" award for best fantasy novel in 1997.

In 1996 a new novel, The Ritual (Russian: Ритуал) was published - a story about princess and the dragon. This work is very strange and unusual, since the dragon in this tale is a half-human. This novel did not receive much attention and was not awarded any prizes.

The novel Age of the Witch (1997) (Russian: Ведьмин век) has a unique setting - it contains characters from various (mainly Slavonic) mythologies, creating a unique background. This novel received a literature award from the magazine Rainbow (Russian: Радуга) in 1997 and the "Zilantkon" - "Great Zilant" prize (Russian: Зиланткон — Большой Зилант) in Kazan in 1998.

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