Rodica Bretin is a Romanian writer specialized in history

History

History is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called historians...

 and fantastic literature.

Rodica Bretin was born in Brasov

Brasov

Brașov is a city in Romania and the capital of Brașov County.According to the last Romanian census, from 2002, there were 284,596 people living within the city of Brașov, making it the 8th most populated city in Romania....

 and since 1982 is living in Bucharest

Bucharest

Bucharest is the capital municipality, cultural, industrial, and financial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the Dâmbovița River....

. A renowned writer in Romania and Eastern Europe, Rodica Bretin has been a member of the Romanian Writers Union (USR) since 1991 and Fantasia Art Association (Cornwall, Great Britain) since 1996. She is also a scientific researcher, specialised in history, having participated at historical and archaeological campaigns in: Transylvania, Romania (1996), Languedoc, France (1998) and Milano, Italy (2002).

Fiction books

• The Holographic Effect (Effect Holografic) (Albatros Publishing House, 1985)
• The White Hawk (Soimul Alb) (Facla Publishing House, 1987)
• The Giant (Uriasul cel Bun) (Ion Creanga Publishing House, 1989)
• The Neverending Road (Drumul fara Sfarsit) (Baricada Publishing House, 1991)
• The One who Comes from the Shadow (Cel care vine din Urma) (Baricada Publishing House, 1993)
• The World of Hind (Lumea lui Hind) (Coresi Publishing House, 1998)
• The Sand Man (Omul de Nisip) (Image Publishing House, 2000)
• The Iron Maiden (Fecioara de Fier) (Coresi Publishing House, 2002;second edition, Pocket Book Publishing House, 2006)

History books

• The Files of the Impossible (Dosarele Imposibilului) (Pocket Book, 2003)
• The Tunnel of Time (Tunelul Timpului) (Pocket Book, 2003)
• The Witches' Gate (Poarta Vrajitoarelor) (Pocket Book, 2004)
• Poltergeist: The Invisible Foes (Poltergeist: atacatori invizibili) (Pocket Book, 2005)
• The Mystery of the Parallel Worlds (Misterul Lumilor Paralele) (Pocket Book, 2006)
• Marooned in Time (Naufragiati in Timp) (Pocket Book, 2006)

Anthologist

• Anthologist and translator of the main-stream/fantastic literature anthologies:
• Chronicles from the Forbbiden Worlds (2003)
• Hunters of the Other World (2006)
• Co-anthologist at the Antares anthologies with Dan Apostol
  Dan Apostol
  Dan Apostol is a Romanian writer and researcher, specialized in several border domains of aviation, history, archeology, ancient civilisations, art, biology, anthropology, palaeontology and cryptozoology. Born in 12.07.1957 in Bucharest, is living and writing there today.-Books:* Enigmas.....
  
  , 4 volumes (1991–1995), specialised on ancient civilisations, unexplained phenomena and fantastic literature.

Translation works

• Dale Cooper, by S.Frost, 1993
• Lady Chatterley's Lover, by D.H.Lawrence, 1993
• La Feline Geante, by J.H.Rosny Aine, 1993
• Dans le Ombre de la Guillotine, by O.LeBaron, 1994

Literary Awards

• Award for the Best Foreign Story for the fantastic story The Darkness, at the International Festival of Fantastic Art (Annecy, France, 1996)
• Volaverunt Award for the fantastic story The Conquistador, at the Festival of Valencia (Spain, 2001)
• Award for the Best Foreign Novel awarded by Fantasia Art Association (Cornwall, Great Britain, 2005) for the historical novel The Iron Maiden