: A series focused on a magic academy graduate. Lishniy (The Extra One) series. Kurok (The Trigger) series. Background
Дмитрий Олегович Смекалин - Циклопедия : A series focused on a magic academy graduate
: Some readers note that several of his series remain unfinished and have expressed a strong desire for him to complete these long-running stories. Reviews from platforms like Flibusta and LiveLib suggest
Before turning to fiction in 2012, Smekalin had a distinguished career as an engineer-mathematician. He was a co-author of the first Soviet school textbook on informatics (1985) and served as the head of educational informatization at the Russian Ministry of Education in the mid-1990s. : A series focused on a magic academy graduate
Reviews from platforms like Flibusta and LiveLib suggest the following:
: Characters are typically depicted as "smart" and resourceful (literally "smekalisty," playing on the author's name).
: His prose is often described as "high quality" and easy to read.