Doina Ruști is a Romanian writer whose fiction is distinguished by its Balkan imagination and its exploration of the eighteenth century and the communist era. Her novels include Ferenike (2025), Nas de bulgar (2026), Manuscrisul fanariot (2015), Homeric (2018), Fantoma din moară (2008), and Lizoanca la 11 ani (2009). In the English-speaking world, she is known for her novel The Book of Perilous Dishes (2017). She has received numerous literary awards, including the Romanian Academy Prize.