Name: Eliska Suchankova

Age: 28

Sex: Female

Country: Czech Republic

Job: I work as an English teacher in a language school.

Hobbies: Reading; writing; singing; meditation; teaching; TV (especially flipping through music channels); computer games; surfing the net; English; German; my pet rabbit.

Other interests = manias: Harry Potter, where my favourite character is definitely Severus Snape. I must say I’m absolutely obsessed with that man, and if it hadn’t been for him, I’m sure I’d never have come across fanfiction.net, let alone become its member.

I also like Hermione Granger (making the SS/HG pairing my favourite), Lucius Malfoy, Narcissa Malfoy, Draco Malfoy, Neville Longbottom, Luna Lovegood, Ginny Weasley and the Weasley twins. I don’t really like Harry Potter himself, especially not after reading Book 5 where I think he behaved like a spoiled prat, but I do have to admit that in the sixth book he has matured quite a bit, so that he was actually bearable. And I absolutely adore him in the seventh film.

Music (favourite song/s in brackets): Rammstein (I like too many of their songs to name them); Marilyn Manson (how can anybody call him ugly when he’s just sooo sexy?) and everything to do with him (Speed of Pain, The Golden Age of Grotesque, Coma White, the whole Eat Me, Drink Me album); Eminem (The Way I Am, Lose Yourself, Kim); Franz Ferdinand (Come on Home, The Dark of the Matinee, Walk Away); Keane (Somewhere Only We Know, Bad Dream); The Beatles (Sexy Sadie); Therion (Ljusalfheim, Raven of Dispersion, Clavicula Nox); Placebo (Post Blue; One of a Kind); Muse (Glorious; I Belong to You); The Rasmus (Liquid; Sail Away; Time to Burn), Pain of Salvation (Sisters, Cribcaged) ... and a million other songs from various artists (e.g. Alan Rickman’s Intelligence).

Movies: Harry Potter; The Lord of the Rings; The Phantom of the Opera; Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; The Da Vinci Code; Love Actually; Sense and Sensibility (I wonder why? Snape’s my number one, but Colonel Brandon definitely isn’t too far behind...); Emma; Dogma; The Hound of the Baskervilles; Sixth Sense; Home Alone; Help!; Bean; Johnny English; Mrs. Doubtfire; Austin Powers; Flatliners; Duel; Se7en, The Green Mile ... and, of course, countless Czech movies.

Books (favourite book in brackets): Harry Potter (The Prisoner of Azkaban); The Lord of the Rings; Hobbit; Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice); Agatha Christie (Towards Zero, Ten Little Niggers); Sherlock Holmes (The Hound of the Baskervilles); Stephen King (The Green Mile), Terry Pratchett (Light Fantastic).

Computer Games: Heroes of Might and Magic; Gothic; Diablo; No One Lives Forever; Age of Empires; Harry Potter.