Andrzej Sapkowski was born in 1948 in Poland. He studied economy and business, but the success of his fantasy cycle about the Witcher Geralt of Rivia turned him into a bestselling writer. His work has received Poland's Janusz A. Zajdel prize five times, as well as Great Britain's David Gemmell Award for Fantasy, in 2009. In 2016, he received the World Fantasy Award--Life Achievement. The Witcher has been adapted to a successful video-game franchise, and is now a series on Netflix.
"Like Mieville and Gaiman, [Sapkowski] takes the old and makes it
new ... fresh take on genre fantasy."--Foundation
"Delightful, intense, irreverent, and compelling....you have to
read The Witcher books because they are rife with all of the
elements that make you love fiction, and especially fantasy, in the
first place....In a word, The Witcher delivers."--Hypable
"One of the best and most interesting fantasy series I've ever
read."--Nerds of a Feather
"Sapkowski has a confident and rich voice which permeates the prose
and remains post-translation. I'd recommend this to any fan of
heroic or dark fiction."--SF Book Reviews
"This is a series you can sink your teeth into."--BuzzFeed News
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