Sergey Baimukhametov, who wrote the book Magic Dreams. Confessions of Drug-addicts, is a Moscow writer and journalist. The First World Congress of Antinarcotics Forces in Moscow awarded him a special citation recognizing his "Benevolent Efforts and Accomplishments" in this cause, which culminated in this "unique and one of a kind" book. Magic Dreams has proved to be a bestseller in Russia, and, as of this writing, has been published in 18 editions, including a special edition targeted at Russian teenagers and commissioned by UNICEF (The United Nations Children's Fund).
Sergey Baimukhametov was born in 1950 in the city of Petropavlovsk (Kazakhstan). He began working as a professional journalist when he was 17 and has also been employed building roads in the taiga and drilling for water in the desert. After completing his military service, he worked as a criminal investigator. Baimukhametov graduated from the Maxim Gorky Literature Institute of Moscow, subsequently working in a number of Moscow publishing houses, newspaper editorial departments, as well as in television and radio. He has authored several collections of short stories and novels: including Sauran, Copybook Maxims, The Autumn Caravan, The Judgment Day. His articles in various periodicals describing his research on medieval Rus, which he began publishing in the late 90s has attracted considerable attention and controversy.
Baimukhametov is also well known as a political writer. His essays are regularly published in magazines and newspapers in Russia, USA and Germany.
His rich and varied life experiences and outstanding communication skills enabled him to collect first hand material from drug- addicts, material which he used to create the remarkably powerful book presented here.
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