Petya Kokudeva (1982) is a children’s book writer and a globe-trotter. She has been awarded 4 national awards for children’s literature. Her first book, Lulu (2011), won the special award at the Yuzhna Prolet national competition for debut literature and went through four reprints. Her second book, Tiny Creatures (2014) was nominated for two national awards. Her third book, Quirky Queries (2016) won the Konstantin Konstantinov national prize for children’s literature. In 2022 Petya’s latest title was the recipient of the Peroto national award. Apart from writing children’s books, Petya is the author of a series of innovative resource books for primary school pupils in which the subject content is presented in the form of fairy tales. Some of her poems have been turned into songs, others have been included in textbooks for second and third graders. She runs workshops for children. Her works have been translated for magazines and anthologies in Russian, Serbian, Macedonian, Czech. For the last few consecutive years, she is among the 10 most read children’s authors at the Sofia City Library.