Olga Tokarczuk (b. 1962) is one of the most popular contemporary writers in Poland. By training a psychologist, she is based in Wałbrzych. She has on multiple occasions won the Reader's Prize of the NIKE literary award. A prize winning play has also been based on Prawiek i Inne Czasy. Her novel House of day, House of Night is available from Granta and Northwestern University Press. She has published a long essay about Boleslaw Prus' 19th century classic, The Doll. Her most recent book is Bieguni