Lukáš Cabala lives, writes and works in Trenčín. He runs the online second-hand bookshop Čierne na bielom [Black on White]. To date he has published three books of prose: Satori v Trenčíne [Satori in Trenčín], Jar v Jekaterinburgu (Spring in Ekaterinburg), and Spomenieš si na Trenčín? (Willl You Remember Trenčín? as well as children’s book Jeseň v lese (Autumn in the Forest). Two of his novellas were nominated for the Anasoft Litera Prize and the first also was also voted Book of the Year by readers of the Knižná revue literary magazine. Each title is artistically illustrated. The famous Czech illustrator and graphic artist Jindřich Janíček, the Czech magical writer and illustrator Anna Cima, who lives in Tokyo, the children’s book illustrator Csilla Dózsa and the open-air painter Juraj Toman, who is from Trenčín, have all worked with Cabala on his books. Lukáš Cabala is currently working on a wide-ranging novel as well as some new children’s books.
