Jozef Banas is one of the best-selling and most translated Slovak writers of the last decade. He is the winner of several national and international literary awards and his 32 books (15 in Slovakia, 17 abroad) have sold a total number of almost 320,000 copies. His work on Milan Rastislav Stefanik has been translated into several languages and 'Jubilation Zone' has been published in eleven countries. Dan Brown has described him as a seeker of truth, and the Dalai Lama blessed his efforts to bring people together.