Žiga X. Gombač

Žiga X. Gombač (1976) began his career as a music journalist and soon found himself collaborating with numerous domestic and foreign media as a media-jack-of-all-trades.

He began to publish stories and poetry for children in various children's magazines in 2002. His first book, Jastrebov let (Flight of the Hawk), an eco-thriller for young adults and the first book of the series Kompanjoni (Buddies), was published in 2008. His second popular book series titled Živa iz muzeja (Živa from the Museum), which is being written as a joint project with the National Museum of Slovenia and is considered as an indispensable companion in the frame of the Slovene national literacy programme Megakviz (Megaquiz) during the current school year, was first published in 2012. His distinguished works also include the books in comic form Dnevnik legionarja Primusa (The Diary of Primus, the Legionaire) Primer Gala Matrice (The Case of Gal Matrix), and Tisa reši svet (Tisa Saves the World); the comic Dan ko je izginil ljubljanski Grad (The Day Ljubljana Castle Vanished); the picture book Skrivnosti mladih levov (The Secrets of the Young Lions); and the frequently sold out and several times reissued co-authored book for adult readers Ultrablues.

Today Žiga X. Gombač most definitely ranks among the most popular Slovenian writers of literature for young adults.