German Sadulaev was born in 1973, in the town of Shali, in the Chechen-Ingush ASSR, to a Chechen father and Terek Cossack mother.

German Sadulaev's first book, Radio FUCK, told city tales of the thirty-something generation in St Petersburg.

Much more than a war novel, it was a lyrical fusion of exotic legends, stories and memories, nominated for the National Bestseller prize.

Sadulaev's next work, Snowstorm, or The Myth of the End of the World, was a grotesque fantasy satire about social Darwinism.

Sadulaev's fourth book, The Maya Pill, was shortlisted for the 2008 Russian Booker [2] Archived 2019-05-29 at the Wayback Machine and for the 2009 National Bestseller [3].