Boris Akunin
Boris Akunin () is the pen name of Grigori Chkhartishvili (; ) (born 20 May 1956), a Georgian writer. He is best known as writer of detective and historical fiction. He is also an essayist and literary translator. Grigory Chkhartishvili has also written under pen names Anatoly Brusnikin, Anna Borisova, and Akunin-Chkhartishvili.