Petya Kokudeva (1982) is a globe-trotter, a journalist by training, an author of eight children books and two collections of travel stories. One of her most beloved miniseries – Lupo and Tumba – is for all ages and has been published in German (eta Verlag), Hungarian (Pro Schola Bulgarica), Turkish (Nar Publications) and Croatian (Kreativna Mreža). Petya is a recipient of multiple awards such as the national debut award Yuzhna Prolet as she is also a winner of the Peroto, Konstantin Konstantinov, Hristo G. Danov national literary awards. A poem from her book Yoho Woho Fantasohoo was chosen to represent Bulgaria in The International Youth Library’s calendar (2025). In recent years Petya has been among the 10 most read Bulgarian authors in various libraries around the country such as those in Sofia, Vratsa, etc. Petya has also authored a series of innovative resource books for primary school pupils, and the documentary collection with refugee kids stories Kinan’s Bike, nominated for the only national prize awarded by a children’s jury.