Łukasz Orbitowski


Łukasz Orbitowski is a Polish essayist and fantasy and horror writer. As of April 2012 he has published six novels and numerous short stories, collected in four anthologies.

Biography

Orbitowski is alumnus of the Jagiellonian University, with a degree in philosophy.
He debuted in 1999 with a short story anthology, Złe Wybrzeża. His debut in fantasy genre was with the 2001 story Diabeł na Jabol Hill in the first issue of the Polish magazine Science Fiction. In addition to Science Fiction, his stories have appeared in Machina, Nowa Fantastyka and the Polish edition of Playboy. Most of his works fall in the fantasy and horror genre, although he has published one children's book.
He is a co-author of the script for the CG movie by Tomasz Bagiński about the Warsaw Uprising, Hardkor'44. He also developed the role-playing game Bakemono.
He also publishes essays in the Przekrój magazine. Orbitowski identifies as an atheist.

Reception

His 2007 novel Tracę ciepło has been nominated for the Janusz A. Zajdel Award. This novel has also received the Krakowska Książka Miesiąca award.
Maciej Robert in the Życie Warszawy newspaper has noted that Orbitowski is "developing into a Polish Stephen King."
He was one of the pioneers of horror stories set in mundane Polish backgrounds, in the modern cities of Kraków, Warsaw and Wrocław.

Works

As of April 2012, Orbitowski has published six novels and numerous short stories, collected in four anthologies. Two more novels are officially planned, one with a release date for 2012, one not yet announced.
Since 2010, Orbitowski's novel Warszawiacy is being published online in installments.