Liviu Radu was born in Bucharest, on November 20, 1948. He made his literary debut in Quasar magazine in 1992, with the story The Unseen Face of the Planet Mars. He collaborated with publications such as: String, Jurnalul SF, Anticipația, Nautilus, Art Panorama, Lumi Virtuale, fiction.ro, Almanah Anticipația. For his work, he has been rewarded with numerous awards, including the Vladimir Colin Prize — 2014, the Galileo Prize for the whole work — 2012, the Grand Prize of the Seniors of the Imagination for the Questionnaire for ladies who were the secretaries of very decent men — 2011. He has written and published more than 20 volumes, among them: Waldemar 1 (Tritonic, 2007), Taravik 1: Army of the Moths (Nemira, 2012), Golem, Golem (Nemira, 2014).