My name is Katerina Sidonova. I was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia in 1964. I am a dragon.

My dad was a writer and my mom an English teacher.

I graduated from the univeristy and became a teacher of handicapped children. I worked as a tutor. I was trying to help young people who ran away from home or from a penitentiary.

I have three children (two boys and a girl). I am married to a drummer.

My first book was published in spring 2002. Its name is : Son of the Tree. It is a book of fairy-tales.

My second book is going to be published in November 2002. Its name is: I am Katerina. It is a story of my life. I am very nervous and I am a bit scared. It is not easy to let everybody know who you really are. But I can´t help it. Something makes me write about myself. 

I am writing a new book now. It is going to be a fiction this time. I have already written over 30 pages. But only god knows if I finish it or if it will end up in a bin.

My favourite books: Mark Twain -  Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

                                Thorton Wilder - The Eighth Day

My other favourite authors are for instance Philip Roth, Isaac B. Singer, James G. Ballard, Stephan Zweig, Ken Kesey, D.J.Lawrence and many others. I like to read science fiction and books for children.

My favourite musicians: Neil Young

I love to listen to his songs and music. Whenever I feel down I put headphones on my ears and listen. He helps me. His music tells me that the world is good and that I can be what I want to be. And that I should be myself.

                                     Bob Dylan

I discovered Bob Dylan when I was 13 years old and still at a basic nine year school (that ´s how the institution was called here). A friend of my mom who lived with her at that time gave me "Hard Rain" as a present for my birthday.

I like to listen to other singers and bands too: Leonard Cohen, Patti Smith, Jimmi Hendrix, Jim Morrison (he used to be  my idol), Lou Reed, Beatles, John Lennon, Bob Marley, Bim Sherman, Rolling Stones, Janis Joplin, Pearl Jam, Red Hot Chilly Peppers and so on and so on...

My favourite film: Michelangelo Antonioni - Blow up (I am not sure if the translation is right)

I saw the film seven or eight times. Still don´t have enough of it.

My favourite colours are blue, green and yellow.

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