Andrei Vladimirovich Pimenov (Russian: Андрей Владимирович Пименов) – known professionally as Andrei Kivinov (Russian: Андрей Кивинов) – (born 25 November 1961) is a popular and well-known crime fiction author and screenwriter, writing in Russian. Kivinov's first book - "A Nightmare on Strikes Street" ("Koshmar na Ulitse Stachek")– was written in his spare time for the amusement of his friends and colleagues. However, in 1994 it was published, and its popularity has resulted in it being reprinted twenty times. Since 1994, he has published one book a year, with most of his works falling into the detective crime genre, although some of his novels do explore more lyrical and romantic themes. Some of his more popular works include, "Doomed Cop"("Ment Obrechennii"), "The Trail of the Boomerang"("Sled Bumeranga"), "Die Cast"("Umirat Podano"), "High Voltage"("Visokoe Napriazhenie") and "Saucer Full of Secrets"("Polnoe Bludse Sekretov"). More recently, he has been concentrating on novels in the thriller genre, such as "Pseudonym for the Hero"("Psevdonim dla Geroia"), "Black Gelding"("Chernii Merin") and "It's Hard to be Macho"("Trudno bit Macho"). In total, there are over 20 million copies of his books in circulation. In 1995, Kivinov was accepted into the Writers Union of St Petersburg.

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