Natalia Serhiivna Chaikovska – Ukrainian novelist and blogger, diploma-winner of the “Koronatsiya Slova” contest in 2019, author of socially and historically engaged prose exploring life in Volyn and beyond.
📍 Born in 1981 in the village of Sytovychi in Volyn, growing up in a rural environment that later shaped the atmosphere of her novels. 🖋️ Studied journalism and worked for 18 years in a government press office before becoming a full-time writer. 📚 Her novel “Return My Childhood” explores the experiences of children affected by war and displacement in Donbas. 🌍 She often combines fiction with documentary interviews and real testimonies, creating socially engaged narratives. 🏆 Became a diploma-winner of the “Coronation of the Word” literary contest in 2019. 📖 Her novel “Porcelain Doll” attracted international interest, and the German translation rights were purchased even before the Ukrainian release. 📱 Runs an active literary blog on Instagram and TikTok, where she discusses books, writing, and personal reflections. 💬 Her favourite motivational quote is “Never, never, never give up”. 🎨 She collects porcelain figurines, which sometimes appear as symbolic details in her novels. 🤣 Funny fact: Once she knocked over her shelf of porcelain figures while writing a scene about a fragile doll – and for a moment thought the novel was taking revenge.