Natalya Shcherba is one of the popular fantasy writers of our time. A light language for writing novels, an interesting and exciting plot is what attracts numerous fans of different ages to her books. Despite the fact that Natalia has already written more than ten full-fledged novels, which make up several series, as well as a number of stories, she continues to delight her fans with new works.
Short biography of the writer
Natalia Shcherba was born in 1983, in November, in the city of Molodechno (at that time it was the BSSR). Of course, in childhood I loved to read, during my school time I read many famous authors of the classics - Cooper, Dumas, Nosov, Bulychev and many others. She also loved to read and was professionally engaged (and continues to be engaged to this day) in martial arts of wushu. Back in school years, for fun, she wrote stories for her classmates.
After graduating from school, she studied for four years at the Kiev Academy of Light Industry, but did not finish her studies until the end. For the first time, fame came to Natalia in 2005, after the fantastic story “At the Bottom”. This work participated in one literary competition, and won a prize very unexpectedly for the writer herself.
Shcherba, whose biography today is quite interesting for its diversity and activity, continued to write books and achieved certain positive results in this field. She has acquired a fairly large number of fans (mainly from a teenage audience) who are looking forward to the release of her books. Next, we look at the most popular novels that brought her fame and awards.
Series of books “Watchmen”
Natalya Shcherba for the cycle of these books received many awards. For example, in 2010 this series won first place in the competition “New Children's Book”, in 2011 received a medal to them. N. V. Gogol's “For Fairy-Tale Literature”, as well as many others. This series is considered completed, it includes the following books:
- “The hour key”.
- “Sentinel Heart”.
- "Clock tower".
- “The watch name.”
- “Hour”.
- “Hourly battle”.
The storyline of the novels develops around the usual girl Vasilisa, who lives with her grandmother. This happens before her twelfth birthday. Then suddenly her own father appears and takes her to a magical place - Ostalu. This is a double planet of the Earth, only Time reigns there. Having passed the initiation, Vasilisa becomes a very strong watchmaker. The drawback of her strength is the complete lack of knowledge of both the new world and magic in general. She will have to learn a lot.
In the end, the situation is such that the girl becomes the owner of the most important key to the Watch Circle, which can help Ostale not disappear. This is where the plot twists, gradually acquiring new details of Vasilisina’s life. For example, her mother is the fairy queen, and her grandmother is the dark fairies queen. In the course of all the adventures, Ostal was saved, but another battle remains - for the throne of time. The plot is rotated in such a way that Vasilisa herself and her friend Fesh Dragotsiy sits on it.
Series of books “Charodol”
Shcherba Natalya Vasilievna wrote another series of books - “Charodol”. The first book was published in 2008, and it was the first big novel created by the writer. These included books:
- “Be a Witch” (new edition - “Charodol Bracelet”).
- “The Witch's Cross” (new edition - “Charodolsky Prince”).
- “Free Witch” (new edition - “Charodolsky city”).
This series in a light form tells about the adventures of the Carpathian witch Tatyana, who, until she was twenty years old, did not know that she had a gift. But when she inherited a grandma’s bracelet and chest, her strength is fully manifested. Her further journey along the magical path continued. She began to study in a new world for her, intrigues revolved around her, since her grandmother was the keeper of the knowledge that everyone needed. Ultimately, Tatyana finds her love and friends in the new world, her life is changing dramatically, new secrets are revealed.
Conclusion
We can say that Natalia Shcherba, whose books are so in demand, is at the peak of her popularity. She created an amazing and magical world in which you can find everything - love, hate, kindness, friendship. Sincerity and the desire to help others are always rewarded. It should be noted that Natalya Shcherba continues to create her amazing world. In 2015, her book was released from the series “Lunasters”, which is called “Jump over the Stars”.