Sdobnyakov Valery Viktorovich (born 14 July 1957) — editor-in-chief of the literary-artistic Orthodox almanac "Vertikal" since 2001.
Education
All-Union Correspondence Institute of Soviet Trade (1983), economics of trade.
Previous places of work
1981-2001 — deputy director of the "Oka" restaurant, head of the trade department of the workers' supply administration, director of the regional consumer union's wholesale purchasing base, director of the "Mikron" trading house, founder and head of OOO "PKP Center GAZ-Sviyaga" (Ulyanovsk) and OOO "Alfa-Nord" (Tyumen).
Key facts of his career
More than 200 publications in central and local outlets on questions of literature and culture, essays, short stories, novellas. Author of the books "Temptation" and "The Finding of Russia", the novellas "The Bridge" and "Please, Remember Me". Member of the Union of Writers of the Russian Federation. Organized and headed the literary-artistic Orthodox almanac "Vertikal".
Hobbies
Classical music, collecting antiques.