Polina Dashkova
# Polina Dashkova

Polina Dashkova (born 14 July 1960) is a successful Russian crime novelist.

## Life

Dashkova was born in Moscow in 1960. She was educated at the Maxim Gorky Literature Institute and then she worked as a journalist and as a translator from English. Her first novel was published in 1996. Since then she has published a series of books which are based upon the recent time of changes in Russia. She has sold over 40 million books.

She has sold 300,000 books in Germany and she won the Krimipreis crime award from Radio Bremen in 2006. At least a dozen of her books have been translated into German. A few of her books have been translated into Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Polish, Spanish.

In 2018 she was identified as one of the most popular women crime writers in Russia together with Darya Dontsova, Alexandra Marinina and Tatyana Ustinova beating many other living writers.

## Works

| Russian Title | Publication Date | German Title | Translator | Publication Date | English Translation of Title |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Кровь нерождённых | 1996 | Lenas Flucht | Helmut Ettinger | 2004 | Lena's Flight |
| Место под солнцем | 1999 | Club Kalaschnikow | Margret Fieseler | 2002 | Club Kalaschnikov |
| Золотой песок | 1999 | Für Nikita | Ganna-Maria Braungardt | 2004 | Golden Sand |
| Чеченская марионетка, или Продажные твари | 2000 | | | | Chechen Marionette |
| Питомник | 2000 | Das Haus der bösen Mädchen | Ganna-Maria Braungardt | 2006 | Nursery |
| Эфирное время | 2000 | Russische Orchidee | Margret Fieseler | 2003 | A Russian Orchid |
| Образ врага | 2000 | | | | |
| Лёгкие шаги безумия | 2000 | Die leichten Schritte des Wahnsinns | Margret Fieseler | 2002 | Madness Treads Lightly |
| Никто не заплачет | 1998 | Keiner wird weinen | Ganna-Maria Braungardt | 2007 | No One Will Cry |
| Чувство реальности | 2002 | | | | |
| Херувим | 2003 | Der falsche Engel | Hanna-Maria Braungardt | 2007 | Cherubim |
| Качели | 2003 | | | | |
| Исполнитель | 2003 | Du wirst mich nie verraten | Helmut Ettinger | 2005 | You Will Never Betray Me |
| Приз | 2004 | | | | |
| Игра во мнения | 2005 | Nummer 5 hat keine Chance | Margret Fieseler | 2005 | |
| Вечная ночь | 2006 | In ewiger Nacht | Hanna-Maria Braungardt | 2011 | Eternal Night |
| Источник счастья | 2007 | Bis in alle Ewigkeit | Hanna-Maria Braungardt | 2012 | The Source of Happiness |
| Источник счастья. Книга 2. Misterium Tremendum. Тайна, приводящая в трепет | 2008 | | | | |
| Источник счастья. Книга 3. Небо над бездной | 2009 | | | | |
| Точка невозврата | 2010 | | | | |
| Пакт | 2012 | | | | The Pact |
| Соотношение сил | 2015 | | | | |
