The Scar has received the 'Sword in the Stone' award for best fantasy novel in 1997. With publishing of The Scar ( Russian: Шрам) (1997), the sequel of The Gate-Keeper, the Dyachenkos established themselves as masters of psychological fantastic fiction. The Gate-keeper became the first novel in the Dyachenkos' fantasy tetralogy Wanderers ('Скитальцы'). It received the Crystal Table prize ( Russian: Хрустальный стол) at the book festival Zoryany Schlyach, and the novel was awarded the title 'Best Debut Work' at the EuroCon competition in 1995. The Gate-Keeper ( Russian: Привратник), their first novel, was published in 1994. Their ideal fantasy is a story of a real person in a chimerical world.' Novels In a 2019 profile, Julia Meitov Hersey summarized their collaboration as follows: 'It is thanks to Sergey’s skills of writing solid plots that Marina’s beautiful aethereal worlds have such a strong structure, a foundation built on the characters’ flesh and bone, their blood and tears. Their work have been subject to scholarly analysis.

The Dyachenkos describe their work as 'M-realism' with the 'M' 'open to interpretation.' Without defining the meaning of the 'M', in 2014 Sergey Dyachenko explained it as 'Marina's realism', expanding 'that's where the romanticism comes from, and the stubborn humanism, and the hope for white magic and a better tomorrow.' Maryna Dyachenko graduated from the Theatre Institute of Kyiv in 1989 and worked as a professional theatre and cinema actress. Serhiy graduated from the Faculty of Scriptwriting of the All-Russian State University of Cinematography in 1989. The film was produced by the Kyiv Studio of Popular Science Films. Later, Serhiy Dyachenko working as a writer and screenwriter, together with director Anatoliy Borsyuk and cinematographer Oleksandr Frolov, was awarded the Taras Shevchenko National Prize of Ukraine in 1987 for 'The Star of Vavilov' ( Russian: 'Звезда Вавилова') about the life of imprisoned Russian agronomist Nikolai Vavilov. Serhiy Dyachenko graduated from Kyiv Medical Institute and worked as a psychiatrist. Serhiy Dyachenko died on in the United States. For four years, they lived in Russia, then moved to California, United States in 2013. At the World and All-European Science Fiction Convention Eurocon 2005 in Glasgow, Marina and Serhiy Dyachenko were recognized as the best science fiction writers in Europe.

Three of their novels have been translated into English. Марина та Сергій Дяченки) are co-authors of fantasy literature from Ukraine writing in Russian.

Spouses Maryna Yuryivna Dyachenko (born 23 January 1968) and Serhiy Serhiyovych Dyachenko (14 April 1945 – ) ( Marina Yuryevna Dyachenko ( Shirshova) and Sergey Sergeyevich Dyachenko) (rus.

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