[1] His work Piter (a novel from the Universe of Metro 2033 book series) has been cited as a case study of the boom in prosumer level participation in Russian fan fiction, using transmedia in ways that echo traditional Soviet methods, yet is completely commodified.

[2] Vrochek was born in the Northern Urals, in the Kungur region and grew up in Nizhnevartovsk.

He then studied directing at the Boris Shchukin Theater Institute under Leonid Heifetz.

Piter has been translated to a number of European languages – such as German,[5] Polish[6] and Spanish.

That year, his short story collection Serzhantu Nikto Ne Zvonit won the Golden Caduceus at the Kharkiv International Fiction Festival (nicknamed the Star Bridge festival).