Andrey Cruz Science fiction writer Date of Birth: 26.01.1965 Country: Spain

1. Biography of Andrey Kruz
2. Literary Activity

Biography of Andrey Kruz

Andrey Kruz, a science fiction writer, currently resides in Marbella, Spain. He is also a co-owner of a shooting club and several gun stores. Born to parents from Ukraine, he was registered as "Ukrainian" in his Soviet passport. At a young age, his family moved to Kalinin (now Tver), and later to Moscow after his father changed his place of military service.

During the 1990s, Kruz engaged in private entrepreneurship. He was the CEO of the company "Education, Science, Production" in the early 2000s. However, in 2005, he emigrated to Spain after facing criminal charges of fraud in Russia. After his move, he worked for a multinational company specializing in risk management for five years before venturing into entrepreneurship once again.

Kruz currently resides in Marbella, Spain, where he and his wife jointly own gun stores and a shooting club.

In January 2016, Kruz was arrested by the Spanish police based on a request from Russian law enforcement authorities. He was accused of fraud in relation to real estate development in the early 2000s. The charges were brought by Olga Platonova, a television presenter from the show "Fazenda" and one of the deceived shareholders. Platonova hired private detectives to investigate the case. It is worth noting that Kruz filed a counter-statement with the police regarding threats to his family from Platonova. He also reported a criminal case of document forgery by a court bailiff at her request, which was aimed at seizing his disputed house in Moscow. Kruz spent 12 days in a Spanish prison and was released on bail.

Literary Activity

Since 2006, Kruz has been actively involved in literary activities, with his first works appearing on his page in the online journal "Samizdat." Starting from December 2008, his works began to be published by the publishing house "Alfa-Kniga." His books are characterized by detailed realism and descriptions of the specifications of weapons, equipment, and combat actions.

Some series are co-written by his wife, Lourdes Maria Kruz. Andrey Kruz claims that the main heroine of his first book, "The Excess Earth," Maria Pilar Rodriguez, was completely "based on his wife, with her phrases, habits, behavior, and temperament." Meanwhile, the main protagonist shares the author's name.