Remigiusz Mróz

Remigiusz Mróz (Polish pronunciation: [rɛˈmiɡjuʂ ˈmruz]; born 15 January 1987, Opole, Poland) is a Polish writer and lawyer. He is considered a popular and prolific author having published 46 novels since his first books appeared in 2013. As of late 2023, his books have sold 10 million copies.

Life

Remigiusz Mróz went to high school in Opole and attended college at Leon Kozminski University in Warsaw, where he studied law. He is also the author of numerous research studies.

Works

Mróz has written in different genres including crime, legal thrillers, and science fiction. He was recognized as the most popular contemporary Polish author by the 2017 and 2018 National Reading Survey. In 2019 he became the most popular author in Poland, surpassing Stephen King and Polish Nobel Prize winners. He stayed on the first place in 2020, 2021 and 2022. His books are bestsellers in the Polish publishing market, and his suspenseful work gets compared to Stephen King and Alfred Hitchcock.

He has written a number of book series, including the series featuring Joanna Chyłka, which has been made into the series The Defence starring Magdalena Cielecka on TVN and Max, and featuring Wiktor Forst, which was adapted by Netflix into Detective Forst. The latter series become an instant hit and one of the most popular shows on the streaming service, climbing to the position of third most watched series globally a few days after the premiere and gathering nearly five million viewers.

TVN have also adapted another author's novel The Behaviorist, while Polsat brought The Vote of no Confidence to screen.