George Mazurek (Jiri Mazurek in Czech) (*1974) is a Czech writer of fantasy and science-fiction. Since 2005, he published 5 books and over 30 short stories in the best Czech and Slovak magazines. Several of his short stories were broadcasted by the Czech national radio (Radiozurnal). He was awarded Karel Capek prize and other minor prizes. Currently, he is an assistant professor at Silesian University, and he is living near Ostrava with his wife and two little sons.