Andrey Khamidulin

Andrey Cruz is a Russian science fiction writer, who is called the founder of the genre of the domestic zombie apocalypse. The series of Cruise's novels "Land of the Dead", "Age of the Dead", "I'm Going Home", "Darkness" and others brought fame to the writer. He wrote many of his works in tandem with his wife Maria.

Andrey Yuryevich Khamidulin was born in January 1965.

The writer did not like publicity and opened to journalists and fans only those pages of his biography that he wanted, therefore there are many blank spots in the book of his life. The place where he was born is unknown. In all likelihood, this is Ukraine, where the parents of Andriy Cruz come from. According to unconfirmed reports, Andrei Khamidulin's former Soviet passport says "Ukrainian".

According to the writer, his father is a career soldier. Soon after the birth of their son, the family moved to Tver (then Kalinin). Here Andrey went to school and studied until the 9th grade. Then the Khamidulins moved to Moscow, which was dictated by the change of the place of service of the head of the family, Yuri Khamidulin.

Like most of his peers, Andrei Cruz was fond of sports as a child. At the age of 13, he took up boxing and succeeded: he played in the light heavyweight division at the republican level and brought prizes from competitions. Boxing was replaced by kickboxing, but sports activities were interrupted by military service, then college and work.

In the "dashing 90s" Andrei Cruz took up entrepreneurship. By the beginning of the 2000s, he became the general director of the company "Education, Science, Production". In 2005 he left for Spain, taking his family.

According to one information, Khamidulin left Russia, obsessed with the desire to change his place of residence, on the other - because of problems with the law. According to the writer, his business in Russia was "eaten" twice. Due to the impossibility of doing business at home, he left the country.

Looking ahead, let's say that at the beginning of 2016, Andrei Cruz spent 12 days in a Spanish prison. He was released without bail, under the obligation to appear on demand. The reason for the arrest was a request from Russia, based on the accusation of the TV presenter of the Fazenda project Olga Platonova. The woman hired private detectives because she considered herself a co-owner deceived by Khamidulin.

Andrei Cruz filed a counterclaim, reporting threats to the family from Platonova. According to him, the woman, together with the bribed bailiff, forged a document in order to appropriate the writer's house, which is in disputed possession.

The first 5 years of his life in Spain, the writer worked in a British company that was engaged in risk management (making and implementing managerial decisions aimed at minimizing possible losses).

Later, Cruise and his wife Maria in Marbella had their own business - gun shops and a shooting club. Love for weapons and a thorough knowledge of the subject found expression in creativity: in the novels of Andrey Cruz, the types and characteristics of small arms, ammunition and special equipment are described in detail.

The creative biography of Andrei Cruz began in 2006, after moving to Spain. The debut novel appeared on his page in Samizdat. A popular trilogy novel titled Land of the Superfluous. Escape, "Khamidulin wrote in tandem with his wife. The spouses signed with creative pseudonyms. The novel is autobiographical, in the main characters the readers recognized Andrey and Maria. The series was first published by the Armada publishing house.

According to the science fiction writer, the birth of the second child made me take up the pen. The boy did not sleep at night and Andrei, on duty at his cradle, wrote the first pages. I got carried away so that I did not stop. The series includes 3 books.

This was followed by the series "By the Great River" of two books and the cycle "Age of the Dead", in which the author wrote for the first time about the zombie apocalypse. The series "I'm Going Home" echoes the novels of the previous zombie cycle, telling a parallel story of two families in America and Russia.

The novelist co-wrote the series "Darkness" with his wife. The readers saw the first book entitled “On the Threshold of Darkness” in 2010. Completed the series of books "Bandit" and "World of the Citadel" in 2016 and 2017.

In the "Bandit" that readers liked, Andrei Cruz continued his story about the "hitman" and wanderer Andrei Biryukov, about his movement around the worlds. In the accidental "pulling" of the hero into a world that surprisingly resembles Russia in the "dashing 90s", the readers again met autobiographical stories, remembered by the author and his wife at home.

Then fans of the science fiction talent welcomed the emergence of new series of novels called "Wind over the Islands", "Lower Level" and "Borderlands". Andrei Cruz wrote the last series together with Pavel Kornev, calling Pavel the author of the cycle.

Out of the series were the novels "Reitar", "The Survivor" and "Out of the Law". The latest compositions "Art Deco" and "Art Deco. Own game ”published in 2017.

Little is known about the novelist's wife. Lourdes Maria Cruz, in all likelihood, is Andrei's compatriot named Masha. They first met in the mid-1990s.

In Russia, the wife gave birth to Andrei's first child. The second son appeared in a foreign land. According to unconfirmed information, Masha was born in 1975, a philologist by education. In her youth she was fond of tennis and achieved good results, performing at republican competitions. The woman shoots aimingly and loves to drive off-road ATVs.

Maria Cruz is not a professional model, but her bright appearance allowed her to become an advertising face for a network of hairdressing and cosmetic brands.

Philological education and passion for writing, which Maria took over from her husband, was appreciated by science fiction lovers in novels written by the spouses in tandem. In "Land of the Superfluous" Masha registered the character of Bonita, and the heroine Lara in "The Great River" Andrei Cruz "copied" from his beloved wife.

In December 2017, Khamidulin was diagnosed with a terrible diagnosis: liver cancer at the last, fourth, stage. The disease developed rapidly, leaving no chance for recovery. Andrei Cruz, 53, believed in a miracle and fought bravely, as the writer's wife told about.

On February 21, 2018, a woman on the science fiction page on Facebook told the subscribers the sad news about Andrey's death:

Lourdes Maria Cruz wrote that she believed - the husband and father of her children "got into the best of his mesmerizing worlds", thanking friends for their support and sympathy.

The last post of the writer on Facebook is dated February 9th. Cruz asked to understand and forgive those who did not respond to messages in a personal. Andrey admitted that physically, adjusted for his health condition, he could not answer.

The widow said that her husband remained strong and fearless to the end. Being bedridden, he never complained and courageously concealed his suffering.

Maria did not inform about the place and time of burial, asking friends, acquaintances and readers to pray for Andrey.

2008-2009 - Series “By the Great River” 2009 - Series “Land of the Superfluous. Escape "(co-authored with Maria Cruz) 2009-2010 - Series" Age of the Dead "2009-2011 - Series" I'm going home "2010-2017 - Series" Darkness "(co-authored with Maria Cruz) 2011-2014 - Series" Wind over the islands "2012 -" Reitar "2013-2015 - Series" Lower Level "2014 -" Survivor "2015 -" Outlaw "2015-2017 - Series" Borderlands "(co-authored with Pavel Kornev, author of the series) 2017 -" Kommersant "2017 -" After "2017 -" Art Deco "2017 -" Art Deco. Own game "2017 -" Bandit "

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