Born in 1979 in Bratislava, Tomáš Forró studied philosophy at the Faculty of Arts of Comenius University Bratislava. He is a translator, journalist and war reporter who received numerous publicist awards. His books Donbas. A Wedding Suite in the War Hotel (2019), Gold Rush (2021) a Siren Songs. Journey to the Heart of the Ukrainian War (2024) were also published in Czech. “… when Tomáš Forró writes something, it’s a great occasion. It’s almost unbelievable what sort of world-class reporter has Slovakia produced, or better, what he made of himself by his hard work,” commended the author user Empivarci on Czech literary database (Databaziknih.cz).