Andrzej Pilipiuk (born March 20, 1974), Polish humoristic science-fiction and fantasy author. He debuted in 1996 with short story "Hiena", which featured the first appearance of Jakub Wędrowycz, an alcoholic exorcist. Since that time, Pilipiuk has written several dozen other short stories about that character, recently gathered in 6 books (Kroniki Jakuba Wędrowycza (2002), Czarownik Iwanow (2002), Weźmisz czarno kure (2002), Zagadka Kuby Rozpruwacza (2004), Wieszać każdy może... (2006) and "Homo Bimbrownikus" (2009).
Thrice nominated to the Janusz A. Zajdel Award, winner of Zajdel in 2002 for his short story Kuzynki, which he expanded into a novel in 2003 and followed by sequels: Księżniczka in 2004 and Dziedziczki in 2005. The series describes the adventures of 3 women: an over 1000-years old teenage vampire, a 300-year old alchemist-szlachcianka, and her relative, a former Polish secret agent from CBŚ (Polish 'FBI'). A recurring character in the series alchemist Michał Sędziwój, and the universe is the same as the one of Wędrowycz (who makes appearances from time to time).
Another Pilipiuk's series is Oko jelenia, which includes 4 novels so far: Oko jelenia: Droga do Nidaros ("Deer's eye: the way to Nidaros"), Oko jelenia: Srebrna Łania z Visby ("Deer's eye: silver doe from Visby"), Oko jelenia: Drewniana twierdza ("Deer's eye: wooden castle"), and Oko jelenia: Pan Wilków ("Deer's eye: Master of Wolves").
He is also an author of a novel Operacja dzień wskrzeszenia ("Operation day of resurrection"), short story collections 2586 kroków ("2586 steps") and Czerwona gorączka ("Red heat"), and trilogy Norweski dziennik ("The Norwegian diary").
Pilipiuk has also written 19 books about a historian-detective "Pan Samochodzik" (as Tomasz Olszakowski).
In politics he supports conservative Real Politics Union.[1]
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