Dan Sugralinov
About Dan

Bestselling LitRPG author. Gamer to the core.

Dan Sugralinov is a bestselling LitRPG and science fiction author. His books have spent weeks in Amazon’s fantasy top ten, been published in six languages, and reached millions of readers worldwide. He is the author of Disgardium, Level Up, Sidus, World 99 and Soul Harvest, and a member of SFWA, PEN Kazakhstan, and the Union of Writers of Kazakhstan.

Born in Kazakhstan, Dan spent over a decade building companies before returning to his first love in 2017: storytelling. He gave himself three years to make it as a writer. It took one — Re-Start climbed into Amazon’s fantasy top ten within weeks, and Disgardium went on to become one of the genre’s flagship series, now complete at fifteen volumes.

Before the novels came “The Bricks” — a story read by millions online; its film adaptation won the Grand Prix at the 41st Moscow International Film Festival. Dan lives in Florida with his family. When he isn’t writing, he’s reading, gaming, or plotting the next book in his shared story universe.

Awards & Recognition
Silver Electron Award, 2026“Twenty-Two Misfortunes” took 2nd place in digital fiction — alongside Sergei Lukyanenko’s gold.
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Grand Prix, 41st Moscow IFF“The Secret of a Leader,” the film based on his novel Bricks 2.0, won the festival’s main prize (2019).
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Best Russian LitRPG of 2018Disgardium won first prize at the litnet.com LitRPG competition and readers’ choice.
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3,000,000+ readersHis breakout novella “The Bricks” became a Runet phenomenon read by millions.
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Translated worldwidePublished in six languages — English, German, Czech, Polish, Kazakh and Russian; 30,000+ ratings across Amazon, Goodreads and Audible.
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SFWA & PEN Kazakhstan memberMember of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association, PEN Kazakhstan, and the Union of Writers of Kazakhstan.
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Competitive gamer firstQuake and Mortal Kombat champion, StarCraft runner-up, former world #1 ranking in World of Warcraft.
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LitCon 2021 guest authorFeatured guest at GuildifiCon / LitCon 2021, on the “Russian Roots” panel with Aleron Kong, Will Wight, Dakota Krout and Vasiliy Mahanenko.
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Dan Sugralinov is a LitRPG and sci-fi author of 50+ novels published in six languages. Best known for Disgardium, Level Up and Soul Harvest, he is a former esports champion and world #1 World of Warcraft player. His motivational novel “The Bricks” reached 3,000,000+ readers, and its film adaptation won the Grand Prix at the 41st Moscow IFF.

Official spelling: Dan Sugralinov (Daniyar Sugralinov)

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