Nicholas Kotar writes epic fantasy and science fiction inspired by Slavic fairy tales. He is an award-winning author of 7 fantasy books, 3 non-fiction books, a TV script that was looked at by Netflix, a full-length classical music libretto, and a soon-to-be-published sci-fi novel. In addition to his work as an author, Nicholas is also a translator of Russian fairy tales and a podcaster and speaker whose engagements have taken him throughout the United States to present on storytelling, classical education, and Russian literature, history, and culture.Nicholas lives in "cow-country," New York where he conducts a seminary choir and pretends to be a homesteader with his wife and four children. Join his community at nicholaskotar.com.