Tim Skorenko

Tim Skorenko graduated from the Belarusian National Technical University{{Cite web|url=http://timskorenko.ru/bio.html|title=Сайт Тима Скоренко|website=timskorenko.ru}} with a degree in Internal Combustion Engines. Until 2009, he worked at the Minsk Automobile Plant as a test engineer for car acoustics, and in 2009 he moved to Moscow, becoming an editor in the What's New in Science and Technology magazine (Russian edition of Popular Science). At the end of the same year, he moved to Russian edition of Popular Mechanics. Since 2018, he has been working at Kaspersky Lab{{Cite web|url=https://skorenko.com/en/|title=Tim Skorenko – Security Awareness Specialist}} as security awareness specialist.

Tim Skorenko began writing prose in 2004. In 2007, he was shortlisted for the independent literary award Debut.{{Cite web|url=http://www.pokolenie-debut.ru/lica_premii/s/tim_skorenko/|title=Тим Скоренко|date=April 20, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120420174431/http://www.pokolenie-debut.ru/lica_premii/s/tim_skorenko/ |archive-date=2012-04-20 }} The first publication was the short story “Quiet Games” in the almanac Noon. XXI century (No. 9’2008). The first major published work was the novel Ode to Absolute Cruelty (2010). Tim Skorenko's second novel, The Garden of Hieronymus Bosch (2011), was longlisted for the Big Book{{Cite web|url=https://bigbook.ru/|title=Главная|first=«Большая|last=книга»|date=December 2, 2022|website=Национальная литературная премия «Большая книга»}} and National Bestseller{{Cite web|url=http://www.natsbest.ru/11_N2.html#|title=Российская литературная премия «Национальный бестселлер»|date=January 30, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160130162143/http://www.natsbest.ru/11_N2.html# |archive-date=2016-01-30 }} awards, and won a number of genre awards, including the Bronze Snail{{Cite book|url=https://fantlab.ru/award12|title=Премия «Бронзовая Улитка»|via=fantlab.ru}} of Boris Strugatsky. At the moment, 45 stories (in periodicals and collections) and 7 novels have been published.

From 2009 to 2018, Tim Skorenko worked in the field of science journalism in the What's New in Science and Technology, then in Popular Mechanics magazines. He collaborated as a columnist with some other magazines, including Mir Fantastiki and Vokrug sveta. He published more than 400 articles in Popular Mechanics, Mir Fantastiki, What's New in Science and Technology, Vokrug sveta, and Russian editions of GQ, Maxim, Tatler, Cosmopolitan,[http://www.timskorenko.ru/zhurnal_pub.html Archive of articles on the official website] etc. From 2015 to 2018, he worked as the editor-in-chief of the Popular Mechanics Internet portal.{{Cite web|url=http://notabene.ru/arhe/lektor-skorenko.html|title=Лектор Тим Скоренко|website=notabene.ru}}

He published a number of popular science books. The book Invented in Russia: A History of Russian Inventive Thought from Peter I to Nicholas II was shortlisted for the 2017 Enlightener Prize,{{Cite web|url=https://premiaprosvetitel.ru/en/booksauthors/?year=2017|title=Enlightener Prize|website=premiaprosvetitel.ru}} while the book Invented in the USSR. The History of Inventive Thought from 1917 to 1991 was on the long list of the 2019 Enlightener Prize.{{Cite web|url=https://premiaprosvetitel.ru/en/booksauthors/?year=2019|title=Enlightener Prize|website=premiaprosvetitel.ru}}

In addition, Tim Skorenko has authored several non-fiction books aimed at children. The book Think and invent was published both in Russia in Russian and in Ukraine in Ukrainian.{{Cite web|url=https://bizz.monolith.in.ua/uk/books/dumaj-i-vynahod|title=Тім Скоренко - Думай та винаходь, українською мовою|website=Monolith Bizz}}

The book Invented in the USSR. The History of Inventive Thought from 1917 to 1991 has been translated into Chinese and published in China in 2023.{{Cite web|url=http://www.bookschina.com/9018614.htm|title=《苏联发明史——从1917年到1991年》【价格 目录 书评 正版】_中图网(原中图网)|website=www.bookschina.com}}

Tim Skorenko's books have repeatedly received reviews from leading Russian literary critics. In particular, Galina Yuzefovich writes about the novel Everest: "Skorenko constructs the plot framework excellently. Mixing factual details with imagination, shuffling chronological layers, deftly shifting the focus from one character to another (we see the events through the eyes of Wilson, John Kelly, Mallory's companion, and young Andrew Irvine), he manages to maintain intrigue – who was the first to reach Everest? – until the very last page. This ability to keep the reader in suspense, constantly fueling their curiosity with various historical and mountaineering insights, without ever revealing the main point, constitutes the primary – and very important – merit of the novel."[https://meduza.io/feature/2018/11/10/zacharovannyy-disneylend-v-sovetskom-lagere-i-kniga-o-lyubvi-k-everestu Review by Galina Yuzefovich on the novel Everest].

Literary critic Vasily Vladimirsky writes in the newspaper Sankt-Peterburgskie Vedomosti about the novel Glass: "Skorenko stays away from the busiest highways of the 'current literary process,' preferring to move along a parallel route. The questions he raises in Glass – the interplay between violence and power, the nature of unquestioning faith, psychological dependency, victim syndrome, and so on – make the novel more akin to contemporary relevant prose."[https://spbvedomosti.ru/news/culture/pisatel-tim-skorenko-vypustil-roman-steklo/ Review by Vasily Vladimirovsky on the novel Glass].

The book Think and Invent is included by book reviewer Evgeniya Shaffert in the list of the top 50 best Russian children's books written in the 21st century.{{Cite web|url=https://www.novochag.ru/family_and_children/fun/50-luchshih-rossiyskih-detskih-knig-napisannyh-v-xxi-veke/|title=50 лучших российских детских книг, написанных в XXI веке|website=Новый очаг}}

Critical reviews of Tim Skorenko's books have repeatedly appeared in various Russian print and online publications.{{Cite web|url=https://krupaspb.ru/zhurnal-piterbook/intervyu/spornaya-kniga-tim-skorenko-izobreteno-v-rossii.html|title=Спорная книга: Тим Скоренко, «Изобретено в России» | Книжная ярмарка ДК им. Крупской|website=krupaspb.ru}}{{Cite web|url=https://rg.ru/2011/07/11/books-site.html|title=Новые книги: мифы, фантастика и портреты алхимиков|date=July 10, 2011|website=Российская газета}}{{Cite web|url=https://mel.fm/novosti/6540192-vyshla-novaya-kniga-populyarizatora-nauki-tima-skoyen|title=Вышла новая книга популяризатора науки Тима Скоренко «Думай и изобретай»|date=November 26, 2019|website=Мел}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/4165440|title=56 книг, которые надо купить на non/fiction|date=November 29, 2019|website=www.kommersant.ru}}{{Cite web|url=https://prochtenie.org/reviews/29718|title=Умный в гору не пойдет - рецензии и отзывы читать онлайн|date=January 1, 1970|website=prochtenie.org}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.mirf.ru/book/knizhnye-novinki-oktyabrya-2018/|title=Что почитать из фантастики? Книжные новинки октября 2018 | Книги | Мир фантастики и фэнтези|date=October 3, 2018|website=Мир фантастики и фэнтези | Мир фантастики, фэнтези, фильмов и geek-культуры}}[http://www.nm1925.ru/Archive/Journal6_2014_6/Content/Publication6_1157/Default.aspx Review by Victor Papkov on the novel Legends of Unknown America in literary magazine Novy Mir]

Laureate of numerous literary awards{{Cite book|url=https://fantlab.ru/autor5446/awards|title=Премии автора|via=fantlab.ru}} including Eurocon (Stockholm, 2011), Bronze Snail (St. Petersburg, 2011), Bronze Caduceus (Kharkiv, 2011), Days of Science Fiction (Kyiv, 2011) and others. Winner of the Alexander Belyaev Literary Prize in 2015 for a series of essays Entertaining scientific experiments and master classes, published in the Popular Mechanics magazine. Winner of numerous poetry awards Ilya Prize (2009), Literary Vienna (2010), O. Beshenkovskaya Prize (2010/11), and others.

Laureate of the XLI Grushinsky festival as a singer-songwriter (2014).{{Cite web|url=http://bard.ru/ed_grush_ld.htm|title=Ëàóðåàòû è äèïëîìàíòû 41 Âñåðîññèéñêîãî ôåñòèâàëÿ àâòîðñêîé ïåñíè èìåíè Âàëåðèÿ Ãðóøèíà|website=bard.ru}}

Laureate of the XVIII National award in the field of media business Media Manager of Russia 2018 in the nomination Electronic Media / Online Media (For expanding the territory of the brand beyond the press, the successful development of the project and the formation of a new audience in the digital space).

• The Ode to Absolute Cruelty / Ода абсолютной жестокости (2010). Novel
• The Garden of Hieronymus Bosch / Сад Иеронима Босха (2011). Novel
• The Laws of Applied Euthanasia / Законы прикладной эвтаназии (2011). Novel
• Along the Blade of Words / Вдоль по лезвию слов (2012). Short story collection
• Legends of Unknown America / Легенды неизвестной Америки (2013). Novel. 2 editions
• The Bookbinder / Переплётчик (2014). Novel (under the pseudonym Eric Delahaye)
• Everest / Эверест (2018). Novel{{Cite web|url=https://godliteratury.ru/articles/2018/11/09/5-knig-nedeli-vybor-shef-redaktora-16|title=5 книг недели. Выбор шеф-редактора|website=Год Литературы}}
• Glass / Стекло (2021). Novel

• Evolution of Thought in Significant Dates of Science and Exhibits of the Polytechnic Museum (2017)
• Invented in Russia. History of Russian Inventive Thought from Peter I to Nicholas II (2017). 6 editions (Russian and Chinese)
• Popular Mechanics. Entertaining Tests and Experiments (2018). 2 editions
• Polytech Calendar 2068 (2018)
• Invented in the USSR. History of Inventive Thought from 1917 to 1991 (2019). 3 editions (Russian and Chinese){{Cite web|url=https://www.business-gazeta.ru/article/431048|title="В СССР не изобретено ни одного бытового прибора, которым бы пользовались каждый день"|date=July 13, 2019|website=БИЗНЕС Online}}
• PR Me If You Can. Instructions for a PR Specialist Written by a Journalist (2019){{Cite web|url=https://www.litres.ru/book/tim-skorenko/piar-menya-esli-mozhesh-instrukciya-dlya-piarschika-napisanna-48650480/|title=Пиарь меня, если можешь. Инструкция для пиарщика, написанная журналистом — Тим Скоренко|date=April 3, 2016|website=Литрес}}
• Think and Invent (2020). For children. 2 editions (Russian and Ukrainian)[https://www.ozon.ru/product/dumay-i-izobretay-skorenko-tim-yurevich-257286377/?sh=Go5KgXPRag Information on russian edition of Think and Invent]
• How the Inedible Becomes Edible (2023). For children. Co-author: Tatiana Alekseeva{{Cite web|url=https://mel.fm/zhizn/knigi/4563098-21-novaya-kniga-dlya-detey|title=21 новая книга для детей: они будут слушать с удовольствием или читать сами взахлёб|date=March 2, 2023|website=Мел}}
• Mars Rover, Accordion, MRI: The History of Armenian Inventive Thought (2024){{Cite web|url=https://slovobooks.ru/catalog/marsokhod_akkordeon_mrt_istoriya_armyanskoy_izobretatelskoy_mysli/|title=МАРСОХОД. АККОРДЕОН. МРТ. История армянской изобретательской мысли|date=July 7, 2024|website=Слово/Slovo}}
• The World of Mechanic Kulibin: A Man Who Could Do Anything (2025)[https://alpinabook.ru/catalog/book-mir-mekhanika-kulibina/ Мир механика Кулибина. Человек, который умел всё на свете]

• Dogs of the Lord / Псы Господни (2011). Collection of poems.{{Cite web|url=http://russkijstil.ucoz.de/load/psy_gospodni/5-1-0-141|title=Псы Господни - Поэзия - Книжная лавка - Каталог файлов - Фестиваль|website=russkijstil.ucoz.de}}

• PR Me If You Can. Instructions for a PR Specialist Written by a Journalist (read by Tim Skorenko) (2019){{Cite web|url=https://www.litres.ru/audiobook/tim-skorenko/piar-menya-esli-mozhesh-instrukciya-dlya-piarschika-napisanna-48621948/|title=Пиарь меня, если можешь. Инструкция для пиарщика, написанная журналистом — Тим Скоренко|date=April 3, 2023|website=Литрес}}
• Glass / Стекло (read by Tim Skorenko) (2021){{Cite web|url=https://www.litres.ru/audiobook/tim-skorenko/steklo-66988176/|title=Стекло — Тим Скоренко|date=December 20, 2023|website=Литрес}}

• Ironheart / Железное сердце (2008)
• After Gardel / После Гарделя (2021)
• Who Will Be Selected / Кого отберут (2021)
• For a Time Traveler / Путешественнику во времени (2021)
• Alyarin / Алярин (2021)
• Diary / Дневник (2022)

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