Yordan Slaveykov (1976) is a theatre director and writer. He specialized Acting in Moscow (2008) at the International Summer School for Theatre. His monodrama Victoria has been translated into Ukrainian, Serbian, Macedonian, Russian and English. In 2021 Victoria was staged in North Macedonia. The Last Step (2015) is Yordan’s first published novel. It received the big award at the international competition for debut literature Yuzhna Prolet (2016) as well as Pencho’s Oak prose award. The novel was also shortlisted for the Peroto national award for contemporary Bulgarian fiction. In 2020 The Last Step went through a second edition. The book was also staged and played at the Bulgarian National Theatre in 2025 and was warmly welcomed by both critics and audiences. Yordan’s second published title, the short story collection The Holiday Family, is in the works for Czech (Runa).