BBC World Service Shared Anna Starobinets's journey: As a mother of two kids, Anna Starobinets took a closer look at children's literature because she felt a lack of quality reading, that attracted children and also parents.

"A clever whodunit featuring believable animal characters in a convincing, recognizable society. A few full-color illustrations from Muravski add to the appeal. Mystery fans (around the world) should rejoice." — Kirkus

A great number of smart details, a funny dialogue, lively characters, a disturbing and arresting atmosphere – all in its place in the new detective series by Anna Starobinets – “Afisha”

A children’s detective is a rare genre, and a children’s psychological detective is an even more unique one. A spectacular literary event – “PSYCHOLOGIES”

★ Rights sold to USA, China, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Latvia and other countries!
★ The series is published as both in the series form and also in a bound volume form, only bound volume has sold 25,000 copies in Russia!
★ The animated movie rights have been sold!
★ This series tells the story of mysterious cases in a convincing and recognizable society of animal characters. Imaginative mystery stories are fantastic and true, cruel and warm.
★ The series is continuing with plans for at least 10 books!
★ Suitable for children over 7 years old.
★ English samples available.

Beastly Crime Chronicles Series is like a riveting and uniquely interesting animated film, written in the manner of a classic detective story about a mysterious case in a remote forest. The strange animal characters are unforgettable. Hers has a good lawyer Owl, a fidgety waiter aardwolf which run business in the tree pub, an informatory magpie, a psychoanalyst mouse, enjoyed nattering exchanging information frogs, a cat experienced the identity crisis, and our most important protagonists: the tired old sheriff - Chief Badger and his young and arrogant aides - the Badgercat, and so on. In such a convincing and recognizable society of animal characters, the case is fantastical and real, cruel and warm.

5 titles:
In the Wolf's Lair
A Predator's Rights
Claws of Rage
The Plucker
The Mango Gods

The forest police badgers are sent to the African savannah to investigate a case, in which a baby giraffe of an aristocratic giraffe family is kidnapped. Badgers are always in mortal danger, because in this remote, open woodland, no one is safe. It was a terrible and dangerous place, violent and lawless, where the strong were king. They find themselves in the midst of court intrigue, social inequality, and rioting, but the Chief Badger, Badgercat, and crime scene investigator Vulture didn't give in. Their survey was based on the principle of fairness in their home country. But solving this complex case does not mean winning. They have to tell the people here a cruel truth. And that's the last thing the authorities here want.

Anna Starobinets
　　WINNER OF THE EUROCON PRIZE 2018 IN THE BEST SCI-FI AUTHOR NOMINATION!
　　WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BESTSELLER PRIZE 2014 IN THE YOUNG WRITERS NOMINATION!
　　WINNER OF Utopiales European Prize, Spanish literary award Nocte for the best translated story/novella, Award at Imaginales!
One of the most representative fantasy literature masters in Russia!
　　Anna Starobinets is 35 years old. She is a journalist and contributor to a number of established publications, such as Expert and Russian Reporter, writing on cultural issues. She is also a successful scriptwriter with two of her fi lm scripts turned into feature films. The Awkward Age, her collection of short stories, has been translated into a number of languages, including English (Hesperus). The list of her prose includes the novel Refuge F/A (2007); Cold Spell (2008), a collection of short novels; the First Squad. The Moment of Truth (2010), a tiein; a collection of short stories Icarus Gland (2013), English rights sold to Skyscraper; as well as a number of books for children. All of her novels were nominated for the National Bestseller Prize and in 2014 Starobinets won National Bestseller Prize in the Young Writers nomination. Anna lives in Moscow and is married to Alexander Garros, the well-known author of international bestseller Headcrusher.