Liza Alexandrova-Zorina was born in 1984 and grew up in a little town on Cola Peninsula beyond the Arctic Circle (the setting of her novel The Little Man). After graduation she has been living in Moscow. She is a prolific journalist, famous blogger, a popular columnist on some of the leading opposition periodicals, and a public activist.

Winner of the Northern Star Prize (2010) Liza was a finalist in two important literary competitions: Debut Prize and NOS (2012), with her novel The Little Man. Her other prize-winning book is the collection of short stories The Rebel. She has a number of other books to her name, both fiction and nonfiction. Her latest novel The Broken Doll (reminiscent of “God of the Flies”) and another collection of her stories are coming out of Eksmo in 2015.

The Little Man was published in French by L’Aube and in Arabic by Animar, Cairo. The Broken Doll is being translated into French for L’Aube.

“Liza is a fabulous writer. She has created an original universe which is typical of Russian literature.” Bernard Werber

From press reviews:

“The novel of social protest written by a confident hand.”

“Live dialogues, vivid imagery, striking metaphors. Colorful ethnographic details… Merciless and beautiful prose, pithy and precise, leaves no one unmoved…” – Book Review

“A frightening vision of Russia by a young and talented author -- this is how the younger generation see their country.”

“Even though it’s so dark, there’s something that shines through as redeemable - perhaps it’s just the ability to reveal the darkness for what it is without condoning it.” – Melanie Moore, translator of The Little Man

The Little Man was also compared to Zvyagintsev’s prize-winning film Leviathan which takes place in the same parts and features some of the same details.