Although an avid reader from an early age, Petr ZHgulyov had never tried to write a book himself until he began his IT studies. This is when he discovered Russia's biggest online writing community, Samizdat. His first book received a warm welcome from his online audience. For the next five years, Petr didn't write much but did a lot of reading instead. That's why the arrival of the new genre of LitRPG, followed by RealRPG, immediately piqued his interest. Petr quit his day job and started a new book. This time it was RealRPG.