Paulina Georgieva is a Bulgarian writer and the author of the novels The Simulation (Knigomania, 2022) and Small Sins (Knigomania, 2024). She has also written short stories that have received literary awards. Her work has been recognised by critics and at major film and literary events. In 2024, Small Sins was selected by the Based on Book forum at the Cinelibri International Film Festival as a novel with strong potential for film adaptation and, in the same year, was presented at the Sofia International Literary Festival. In 2025, the novel was nominated for the Portal Kultura National Award.
Paulina was a fellow of the Elizabeth Kostova Foundation and participated in the Sozopol International Creative Writing Seminars in 2023. She has also been selected by the Traduki residency programme as a resident author in Pristina, Kosovo, for 2026. With an educational background in ancient languages, history, and psychology, she brings cultural depth and psychological sensitivity to her writing