ror ". ▁She ▁has ▁published ▁nov els , ▁short ▁stories ▁and ▁children ' s ▁books , ▁and ▁describes ▁herself ▁as ▁writing ▁" hor ror ▁and ▁super natural ▁fiction ▁for ▁adult s , ▁and ▁also ▁fair y ▁and ▁detect ive ▁stories ▁for ▁children ". ▁ ▁Personal ▁life ▁Star ob in ets ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁Moscow ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 8 . ▁Her ▁husband , ▁writer ▁Alexander ▁Gar ros , ▁died ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 7 , ▁after ▁which ▁she ▁had ▁" writer ' s ▁block " ▁for ▁ 1 8 ▁months . ▁She ▁has ▁two ▁children , ▁and ▁a ▁po od le . ▁ ▁She ▁has ▁said ▁that ▁her ▁favour ite ▁book ▁is ▁Neil ▁Ga iman ' s ▁American ▁God s . ▁ ▁Writing ▁ ▁Star ob in ets ' ▁first ▁published ▁work , ▁the ▁short ▁story ▁collection ▁An ▁Aw k ward ▁Age ▁( 2 0 1 0 ), ▁was ▁a ▁final ist ▁in ▁the ▁Russian ▁National ▁Best s eller ▁Prize . ▁It ▁compr ises ▁" ch illing ▁short ▁stories ▁set ▁in ▁the ▁streets ▁of ▁Moscow ▁and ▁various ▁cre ep y ▁parallel ▁world s ", ▁and ▁has ▁been ▁translated ▁into ▁seven ▁languages . ▁It ▁has ▁been ▁described ▁as ▁" one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁st unning ▁deb uts ▁to ▁come ▁out ▁of ▁Russia ▁since ▁Victor ▁Pe lev in : ▁hip , ▁fun ny , ▁angry , ▁and ▁dark ▁as ▁hell " ▁and ▁as ▁" an ▁insight ful ▁take ▁on ▁the ▁contemporary ▁condition ▁of ▁man — in ▁Russia ▁and ▁further ▁af ield ". ▁