Marek Šindelka is a poet, novelist, playwright and screenwriter. He made his debut with a volume of verse, Strychnin a jiné básně (Strychnine and Other Poems) for which he was awarded the Jiří Orten Prize 2006. He is the author of the novel Aberrant, which was later, also published as a graphic novel. He has twice received the Magnesia Litera Prize for prose first for the volume of short stories called Stay Tuned and then for the novel Material Fatigue. His books have been translated into more than 15 languages.