Jurga Nadin Luko su savo knygomis

LITHUANIAN AUTHOR · WRITER

Books about the courage
to see more and choose your own way.

For children, I write about curiosity, discovery, and the courage to be yourself. For adults, I write about love, relationships, and the freedom to choose a life that is truly your own.

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FOR CHILDREN

Adventure and science book · For children aged 6–12

The courage to be yourself begins in childhood.

Adventure, crystals, and scientific facts come together in books that awaken children’s curiosity and invite them to ask questions, explore, and trust their own discoveries.

The Girl and the Crystal
Book 1 in the series

The Girl and the Crystal

A reader-favorite in Lithuania, reprinted multiple times.

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English print, e-book, and audiobook editions are in preparation.

Children and the Crystal
Book 2 in the series

Children and the Crystal

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English print, e-book, and audiobook editions are in preparation.

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NOVELS

A Lithuanian bestseller, reprinted multiple times and later published in Latvian.

Life rarely follows the script you imagined.

A true story of love and relationships, told as a novel. In one part, intimacy, trust, and a shared life begin to fall apart; in the other, a new love and marriage are being built. Only the characters’ names have been changed. As you watch people love, make mistakes, drift apart, and learn to be together again, you’ll recognise something of yourself—and close the book seeing your own relationships through different eyes.

Happiness Has Its Own Plan, Part II
Part II

Happiness Has Its Own Plan

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Choose a book. English chapters will appear here as their edited translations are ready.

BOOK ONE

The Girl and the Crystal

Chapter One “Meeting”, illustrations, and scientific facts.

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BOOK TWO

Children and the Crystal

The English text will be added later.

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NOVEL · PART I

Happiness Has Its Own Plan

A candid opening to a true life story. The excerpt is in Lithuanian.

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Jurga Nadin Luko at a table with her books

A GIFT FOR PARENTS · FREE LITHUANIAN PDF

30 questions children
actually want to hear.

Sometimes it is difficult to get a child talking. You ask how their day went and hear “fine,” while hoping for a closer and more open conversation.

I have prepared 30 unexpected questions to help you better understand your child’s thoughts, feelings, choices, dreams, and the way they see the world.

The questions in the PDF are grouped into five themes:

  • today
  • themselves
  • friendship and other people
  • our family
  • imagination and the world

You will also find a short guide on how to respond so that the conversation does not end just as it begins.

30 questions and a conversation guide · For parents of children aged 6–12 · In LithuanianGet the free Lithuanian PDF

02 / ABOUT THE AUTHOR

I stay curious.
I write openly.

Jurga Nadin Luko

I am Jurga Nadin Luko, a Lithuanian author and a mother of three daughters. The world has always felt broader to me than a single script.

Today, home is Germany. Tomorrow, perhaps another continent. Countries, plans, and directions change, and at every stage I discover more than I had planned. My books grow out of these discoveries.

What matters to me

01Family02Curiosity03Freedom04A little mischief
Jurga Nadin Luko su vyru ir trimis dukromis
Together, wherever we goThree daughters, my husband, and an open world
Jurga Nadin Luko reading in a garden

03 / PERSONAL STORIES

How I became a writer

My journey from school essays to published books, told through short stories and personal photographs.

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04 / CONVERSATIONS

Ask out loud.
Talk honestly.

An open conversation in English with Lithuanian subtitles is in the works, about books, motherhood, relationships, creativity, and everyday life between countries.

First episode in production
Jurga Nadin Luko bibliotekoje ENGLISH · COMING SOON
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05 / NOTES

Thoughts turn into words.

Practical writing about children’s reading, choosing books, and turning curiosity into a wish to open the next page.

NEW GUIDE · FOR PARENTS OF CHILDREN AGED 6–12

How do you choose a book for a child who does not want to read?

Seven useful signs, a small test before buying, and ways to begin with curiosity rather than pressure.

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Letters from my world.

I choose not to share everything publicly. In my letters, I share my most open writing, personal insights, and fragments from books that have not yet been published. This is also where I first share news of new releases.