Anna Brzezińska

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Anna Brzezińska was born on 8 June 1971 in Opole, Poland, and lives in Warsaw. She graduated from the Institute of History at the Catholic University of Lublin, where her master's thesis dealt with magic in old Polish culture, and she studied medieval history at Central European University in Budapest. She is married to the writer Grzegorz Wiśniewski, with whom she co-wrote the First World War novels Za króla, ojczyznę i garść złota (2007) and Na ziemi niczyjej (2008). She co-owns the publishing agency RUNA. Her debut short story, published in the magazine Magia i Miecz in 1998, won the Janusz A. Zajdel Award, as later did her novel Żmijowa harfa and the story collection Wody głębokie jak niebo. Besides the Twardokęsek saga she has written the Wilżyńska Dolina stories about the witch Babunia Jagódka and the historical book Córki Wawelu (2017).

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Books

• Zbójecki gościniec (1999) · Saga o zbóju Twardokęsku Core Canon
• Żmijowa harfa (2000) · Saga o zbóju Twardokęsku Core Canon
• Letni deszcz. Kielich (2004) · Saga o zbóju Twardokęsku Core Canon
• Letni deszcz. Sztylet (2009) · Saga o zbóju Twardokęsku Core Canon

Aggregate across all universes

• Total Core Canon books across all universes: 4 books
• Award recognitions across all universes: 2 (1 won, 1 nomination)

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