Renata Šerelytė – prose writer, poetess, playwright, literary critic.
She was born 11 May, 1970 in Šimonys, Kupiškis district.
In 1988 she finished Šimonys Secondary school and for one year worked at a school library. In 1994 she finished studies of the Lithuanian language and literature at Vilnius University. She worked at magazine for children “Žvaigždutė”, at cultural weekly “7 meno dienos”, at magazine “Jaunimo gretos”. Her debut was in magazine “Moksleivis” where she published her poems. Her short stories are translated into English, French, Swedish, Russian, Georgian, Polish and other languages and also included in modern anthologies. In 2013 based on her book a movie “Vardas tamsoje” was filmed. She lives in Vilnius.
A member of Lithuanian Writers’ Union since 1996.

B i b l i o g r a p h y :
Žuvies darinėjimas: short stories. – Vilnius: Lietuvos rašytojų sąjungos leidykla, 1995.
Balandų ratas: short stories. – Vilnius: Lietuvos rašytojų sąjungos leidykla, 1997.
Jundos lemtis: adventure short stories for children (pseudonym Skomantas). – Vilnius: Tvermė, 1997.
Prakeiktas kardas: story of king Mindaugas: adventure short stories for children. – Kaunas: Šviesa, 1997.
Prakeiktas kardas: story of king Mindaugas: adventure short stories for children (in Braille). – Vilnius: Mūsų žodis, 1999.
Ledynmečio žvaigždės: novel. – Vilnius: Tyto alba, 1999.
Ėriukas po baobabu, arba Megztinis su uodega: poems for children. – Vilnius: Lietuvos rašytojų sąjungos leidykla, 2000.
O ji tepasakė miau: short stories. – Vilnius: Lietuvos rašytojų sąjungos leidykla, 2001.
Vardas tamsoje: novel. – Vilnius: Lietuvos rašytojų sąjungos leidykla, 2004, 2013.
Laukiniai mėnesiai: essays. – Vilnius: Alma littera, 2006.
Balzamuotojas: short stories. – Vilnius: Lietuvos rašytojų sąjungos leidykla, 2006.
Balzamuotojas: short stories (in Braille). – Vilnius: Lietuvos aklųjų biblioteka, 2007.
Krakatukų pievelė: fairy tale. – Vilnius: Alma littera, 2007, 2013.
Krakatukų pievelė: fairy tale (in Braille). – Vilnius: Lietuvos aklųjų biblioteka, 2008.
Mėlynbarzdžio vaikai: novel. – Vilnius: Alma littera, 2008, 2009.
Krakatukų brūzgėlynai: fairy tale. – Vilnius: Alma littera, 2008, 2013.
Krakatukų brūzgėlynai: fairy tale (in Braille). – Vilnius: Lietuvos aklųjų biblioteka, 2008.
Trenktukė, liūno vaikas: novella. – Vilnius: Alma littera, 2009.
Krakatukų jūra: fairy tale. – Vilnius: Alma littera, 2009, 2011, 2013.
Krakatukų jūra: fairy tale (in Braille). – Vilnius: Lietuvos aklųjų biblioteka, 2010.
Vėjo raitelis: novel. – Vilnius: Lietuvos rašytojų sąjungos leidykla, 2010.
Krakatukų jūra: fairy tale. – Vilnius: Alma littera, 2011.
Krakatukai kosmose: fairy tale. – Vilnius: Alma littera, 2012.
Sraige, nerūkyk: poems. – Vilnius: Lietuvos rašytojų sąjungos leidykla, 2013.
Krakatukai sniegynuose: fairy tale. – Vilnius: Alma littera, 2013.
Kokono baladės: novel. – Vilnius: Alma littera, 2014.
Rebekos salos: novel. – Vilnius: Alma littera, 2014.
Hepi fjūčer: 18 short stories (together with L. S. Černiauskaitė). – Vilnius: Lietuvos rašytojų sąjungos leidykla, 2015.

B o o k s   i n   f o r e i g n   l a n g u a g e s :
Sterne der Eiszeit: Roman (Deutsch von A. Galvosaitė). – Berlin: Rowohlt, 2002.
Gwiazdy epoki lodowcowej (przełożyła A. Rybałko). – Wałowiec: Czarne, 2004.
Imię w ciemności (przełożyła A. Rybałko). – Wołowiec: Wydawnictwo Czarne, 2005.
Blaubarts Kinder (aus dem Litauischen von C. Hell). – Klagenfurt: Wieser, 2010.

A w a r d s :
1995 2nd award in publishing house “Skomantas” competition of history-adventure short stories for teenagers.
1996 1st award in Lithuanian Radio and Television contest for radio plays.
1997 Šarūnas Marčiulionis award for the book “Jundos lemtis” as the best book of lithuanian author of the year for children.
1999 2nd place in a contest by Lithuanian Open Fund for play “Stoglangis”.
2000 Žemaitė literary award for novel “Ledynmečio žvaigždės”.
2001 Antanas Vaičiulaitis literary award for short stories “Vėjo vėduoklė”, “Raudona ir balta” and “Saldžioji valanda”.
2007 Book “Krakatukų pievelė” was nominated in the Book of the Year Campaign, Children section.
2007 Book “Balzamuotojas” was nominated in the Book of the Year Campaign, Prose section.
2008 Book “Mėlynbarzdžio vaikai” was included into the list of twelve most creative books of the year.
2009 Book “Trenktukė, liūno vaikas” was nominated in the Book of the Year Campaign, Children section.
2009 Book “Mėlynbarzdžio vaikai” was nominated in the Book of the Year Campaign, Prose section.
2010 Jurga Ivanauskaitė literary award for novel “Mėlynbarzdžio vaikai”.
2010 Book “Krakatukų jūra” was nominated in the Book of the Year Campaign, Children section.
2012 Book “Krakatukai kosmose” was nominated in the Book of the Year Campaign, Children section.
2014 Book “Kokono baladės” was included into the list of twelve most creative books of the year.