Zachary Karabashliev
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Zachary Karabashliev
Novelist · Playwright · Screenwriter

I write to remember.

Novels, plays and screenplays about memory, freedom, and the people caught between them.

The Last Dolphin Hunter The Last Dolphin Hunter
novel · Ciela · 2025
Chapter I · Beginning18% gray · f/1.8 · 1/12501 / 06
Chapter II

The books

All books → 01 / 08
The Last Dolphin Hunter
The Last Dolphin Hunter 2025 · novel
Wound
Wound 2023 · novel
The Tail
The Tail 2021 · novel
Havra
Havra 2017 · novel
18% Gray
18% Gray 2008 · novel
Thirst
Thirst 2019 · novella
A Short History of the Airplane
A Short History of the Airplane 2009 · stories
Symmetry
Symmetry 2009 · stories

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Chapter III

Stage and screen

Everything on stage and screen →
Opening night of The Tail, National Theatre
TheatreThe TailNational Theatre · dir. Yavor Gardev · on stage
FilmYan Bibiyanfeature film · screenplay · shooting summer 2026
FilmHavrasix-episode series · in production
Chapter IV

About me

Born in Varna. Writing in Sofia.

I was born in Varna in 1968. I studied Bulgarian philology in Shumen and wrote for Literaturen Vestnik before leaving for America in 1997. In San Diego I did all kinds of jobs and wrote 18% Gray.

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Zachary Karabashliev
Chapter V

News

All news →
November 2025The Last Dolphin Hunter is outThe novel is in bookshops in two editions, hardcover and paperback.Summer 2026Yan Bibiyan goes into productionA feature film from my screenplay, directed by Yavor Gardev.In productionHavra becomes a seriesSix episodes based on the 2017 novel.
Chapter VI

Contact

Invitations, interviews, rights and translations. I answer personally, if not immediately.