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He is also the author of four reportage collections and a personal book on the art of reportage writing, <em>Reporta\u017c po polsku<\/em>. He is a three-time laureate of the Polish equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize, awarded by the Polish Journalists&#8217; Association (in 1992 and with an honourable mention in 1993 and 1996). He debuted as a novelist in 2017 and quickly became one of Poland&#8217;s most popular thriller writers. He has published ten novels, three of which were nominated for Poland&#8217;s most prestigious crime fiction award, the Grand Calibre. In 2023, he won this reader-voted award for his novel <em>Katharsis<\/em>. Siembieda has been a four-time finalist in the Ksi\u0105\u017cka Roku (Book of the Year) poll run by lubimyczytac.pl, the largest Polish literary portal. In 2024, he won the poll with his novel <em>Kairos<\/em>, which was named Book of the Year by readers. Film rights for six of his ten novels have been sold for screen adaptations. 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