About author
Marko
Simčič was born in 1962 in Ljubljana,
the capital of Slovenia, Europe.
He
works in Ljubljana Stock Exchange as Head of informatics. In
his spare time he writes crime and spy novels, poems for children and for
adults and fairy tales. All of his work was published in daily newspapers and
magazines for children.
The spy novel ‘The thirteenth
island’ (Trinajsti otok) was published in 1996 as a pocket book.
His book ‘The four
seasons sprites’ (december 2000) is a fairy tale, illustrated by woman painter Daša
Simčič.
His latest book is ‘The magic van'
(september 2003), a fairy tale, illustrated by Matjaz
Schmidt.