[1][2] In 1999–2000, Danilkin worked as the chief editor of the Russian edition of Playboy magazine.

[4] By the time he departed from Afisha in 2014, Danilkin had already written several biographies, including Man With an Egg: The Life and Views of Alexander Prokhanov about controversial writer Alexander Prokhanov, a book that was a finalist for the 2008 National Bestseller and Big Book awards.

He also wrote a life of cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin for the ZhZL (Russian: ЖЗЛ — Жизнь Замечательных Людей) series.

Pantocrator of Dust Motes became one of the central literary events surrounding the centenary of the October Revolution in Russia.

[12] In 2021, Danilkin was honoured with the award Свети Стефан Штиљановић at the Serbian festival Ћирилица.