Andrzej Ziemiański

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Andrzej Ziemiański (also published as Patrick Shoughnessy) was born on 17 February 1960 in Wrocław, Poland, where he still lives. He graduated in architecture from Wrocław University of Technology in 1983 and earned a PhD in technical sciences in 1992. Since 2010 he has taught creative writing at the Faculty of Journalism at the University of Wrocław. He began publishing short stories and novels in 1978, initially in science fiction, and published Przesiadka w przedpieklu in 1991 under a pen name before a pause of about a decade. In 1997 he co-created the online science fiction fanzine Fahrenheit and was its first chief editor until 2001. He writes fantasy, science fiction, thriller and crime. By 2012 his books had sold over 500,000 copies.

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Books

• Achaja. Tom I (2002) · Achaja Core Canon
• Achaja. Tom II (2003) · Achaja Core Canon
• Achaja. Tom III (2004) · Achaja Core Canon
• Pomnik Cesarzowej Achai. Tom I (2012) · Achaja Core Canon
• Pomnik Cesarzowej Achai. Tom II (2013) · Achaja Core Canon
• Pomnik Cesarzowej Achai. Tom III (2014) · Achaja Core Canon
• Pomnik Cesarzowej Achai. Tom IV (2014) · Achaja Core Canon
• Pomnik Cesarzowej Achai. Tom V (2016) · Achaja Core Canon
• Virion. Wyrocznia (2017) · Achaja Core Canon
• Virion. Obława (2018) · Achaja Core Canon
• Virion. Adept (2019) · Achaja Core Canon
• Virion. Szermierz (2019) · Achaja Core Canon
• Szermierz natchniony. Zamek (2021) · Achaja Core Canon
• Szermierz natchniony. Pustynia (2022) · Achaja Core Canon
• Szermierz natchniony. Legion (2023) · Achaja Core Canon
• Legenda miecza. Krew (2024) · Achaja Core Canon
• Legenda miecza. Ona (2025) · Achaja Core Canon

Aggregate across all universes

• Total Core Canon books across all universes: 17 books
• Award recognitions across all universes: 2 (2 won)

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