Ande Jankov (Анде Јанков) (novelist, poet, literary critic) was born in the leap year of 1988, and his life has been a rollercoaster ever since. A graduate economist from Ss. Cyril and Methodius, he has used his vast knowledge of various subjects in his writing career. His debut novel, ''A Summer on Crete'' (Едно лето на Крит, 2016) received the award Romanijada, awarded by the publishing house ''Kultura'' for Best Debut Novel by an emerging author. Afterwards, he sat his sights on expanding the crime and thriller genres on the Macedonian market, by introducing Viktor Nikolov, his detective protagonist in an ongoing series of novels: ''Vienna Game'' (Виенски гамбит, 2020), ''Calculated Risk'' (Сигурен ризик, 2021), ''Only God Forgives'' (Само Бог простува, 2022), "Kobayashi Maru" (Кобајаши Мару, 2024) and "Memento Mori" (2025). He also created the literary podcast ''Literary conversations'' (Книжевни разговори), whereas he conducts interviews with the newest darlings of Macedonian genre literature. The podcast has five seasons and 70 episodes, with more than sixty guests.