Tim Volkov is the literary pseudonym of Andrei Viktorovich Pestryakov, a Kazakhstani Russian-language writer working in the post-apocalyptic genre. Born October 17, 1986. He graduated from the Republican State Treasury Enterprise "East Kazakhstan State Technical University named after D. Serikbaev" located in Ust-Kamenogorsk. Currently lives in Ust-Kamenogorsk (Kazakhstan).