Dmitry Novikov was born and lives in Karelia. He studied at medical school and served in the Northern Fleet. Author of the books “Fly in Amber”, “Lust”, “In Your Nets”. Winner of the “New Pushkin Prize.” The hero of the new novel “Golomyanoe Flame” goes to the shores of the northern lakes and the White Sea for the present, which unexpectedly turns out to be inseparable from the recent past. Against the backdrop of the powerful northern nature, the drama of an individual here and now begins to seem insignificantly small, and the tragedy of the people - irreparably large. “Here everything is nearby, close, inextricably linked with each other - white and black, drunkenness and honesty, fury and peace. Here is the main Russian freedom, trampled upon by the promise of freedom.”