Born May 20, 1956, in Georgia; son of an army officer and schoolteacher; married. Education: Moscow State University. Addresses: Home: Moscow, Russia. Agent: Linda Michaels, Linda Michaels Ltd., P.O. Box 567, 344 Main St., Lakeville, CT 06039-0567.

"ERAST FANDORIN" SERIES; TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH

• Azazel', Zakharov (Moscow, Russia), 1998, translated by Andrew Bromfield as The Winter Queen, Random House (New York, NY), 2003.
• Leviafan, Zakharov (Moscow, Russia), 1998, translated by Andrew Bromfield as Murder on the Leviathan, Random House (New York, NY), 2004.
• Turetskii Gambit, Zakharov (Moscow, Russia), 1998, translated by Andrew Bromfield as The Turkish Gambit, Phoenix (London, England), 2005.
• Smert' Akhillesa, Zakharov (Moscow, Russia), 1998, translated as The Death of Achilles, Scorpion Press Limited, 2005.
• Osobye porucheniia, Zakharov (Moscow, Russia), 1999, translated as Special Assignments (includes "The Jack of Spades" and "The Decorator"), Weidenfeld & Nicolson (London, England), 2007, also published as Special Assignments: The Further Adventures of Erast Fandorin, Random House Trade Paperbacks (New York, NY), 2007.
• Statskii sovetnik, Zakharov (Moscow, Russia), 1999, translated as The State Counsellor, Weidenfeld & Nicolson (London, England), 2008.
• Koronatsiia; ili, Poslednii iz Romanov, Zakharov (Moscow, Russia), 1999, translated as The Coronation, 2009.

• (As Grigory Chkhartishvili) Pisatel' i samoubiistvo (title means "The Writer and Suicide"), Novoe literaturnoe obozrenie (Moscow, Russia), 1999.
• Altyn-tolobas, Neva (St. Petersburg, Russia)/OLMA (Moscow, Russia), 2000.
• Skazki dlia idiotov (title means "Fairy Tales for Idiots"), Neva (St. Petersburg, Russia)/OLMA (Moscow, Russia), 2000.
• Liubovnik smerti, Zakharov (Moscow, Russia), 2001.
• Liubovnitsa smerti, Zakharov (Moscow, Russia), 2001.
• Vneklassnoe chtenie, two volumes, OLMA (Moscow, Russia), 2002.
• Fantastika: roman, Zakharov (Moscow, Russia), 2005.
• F.M., OLMA-Press (Moscow, Russia), 2006.
• Nefritovye chetki: prikli u chenii a Erasta Fandorina v XIX veke, Zakharov (Moscow, Russia), 2007.
• Smert' na brudershaft: roman-kino, AST Moskva (Moscow, Russia), 2007.

• Pelagiia i belyi bul'dog, Zakharov (Moscow, Russia), 1999, translated by Andrew Bromfield as Sister Pelagia and the White Bulldog, Random House Trade Paperbacks (New York, NY), 2007.
• Pelagiia i chernyi monakh, Zakharov (Moscow, Russia), 2001, published as Pelagia and the Black Monk, Weidenfeld & Nicolson (London, England), 2007, and as Sister Pelagia and the Black Monk, Random House Trade Paperbacks (New York, NY), 2008.
• Pelagia and the Red Rooster, Weidenfeld & Nicolson (London, England), 2008.

• Chaika: Komediia i ee prodolzhenie (sequel to The Seagull by Anton Chekhov; produced in Moscow, Russia, at Shkola Sovremennoi P'esy, April 26, 2001), Mosty Kul'tury (Moscow, Russia), 2000.
• Erast Fandorin, produced in Moscow, Russia, at Rossiiskii Akademicheskii Molodezhnyi Teatr, June 2, 2002.
• Tragediia/ Komediia, OLMA (Moscow, Russia), 2002.

• Doroga k zamku: Sovremennaia iaponskaia novella, Izvestiia (Moscow, Russia), 1987.
• Seiichi Morimura, Ispytanie zveria, Raduga (Moscow, Russia), 1989.
• Ubiitsvo na Rozovoi ville: Sovremennyi iaponskii detektiv, Raduga (Moscow, Russia), 1990.
• (As Grigory Chkhartishvili) Yukio Mishima, Izbrannoe, Terra (Moscow, Russia), 1996.
• (As Grigory Chkhartishvili) Tikamatsu Mondzaemon and others, Iaponskii teatr, Severo-Zapad (St. Petersburg, Russia), 1997.
• Iaponskie dzuikhitsu, Severo-Zapad (St. Petersburg, Russia), 1998.
• Seiichi Mishima, Ispoved' maski, Simpozium (St. Petersburg, Russia), 2000.
• Seiichi Mishima, Markiz de Sad, Azbuka (St. Petersburg, Russia), 2000.
• Seiichi Mishima, Zolotoi khram, Simpozium (St. Petersburg, Russia), 2000.

• Azazel' (television script), ORT, 2002.

Also author or coauthor of screenplay adaptations of his books, including The Winter Queen (made into a Russian miniseries for television), The Turkish Gambit, and The State Counsellor. Contributor of articles and translations from the Japanese and English for numerous publications. Editor in chief of "Anthology of the Japanese Literature" book series. Author's books have also been published in Italy, France, Japan, and Germany.