diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4e2c1dad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[flake8]
+inline-quotes = "
+max-line-length = 79
+max-complexity = 18
+select = B,C,E,F,W,T4,B9,ANN,Q0,N8,VNE
+exclude = .venv, alembic
diff --git a/alembic.ini b/alembic.ini
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fa53456e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/alembic.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+# A generic, single database configuration.
+
+[alembic]
+# path to migration scripts.
+# this is typically a path given in POSIX (e.g. forward slashes)
+# format, relative to the token %(here)s which refers to the location of this
+# ini file
+script_location = %(here)s/alembic
+
+# template used to generate migration file names; The default value is %%(rev)s_%%(slug)s
+# Uncomment the line below if you want the files to be prepended with date and time
+# see https://alembic.sqlalchemy.org/en/latest/tutorial.html#editing-the-ini-file
+# for all available tokens
+# file_template = %%(year)d_%%(month).2d_%%(day).2d_%%(hour).2d%%(minute).2d-%%(rev)s_%%(slug)s
+# Or organize into date-based subdirectories (requires recursive_version_locations = true)
+# file_template = %%(year)d/%%(month).2d/%%(day).2d_%%(hour).2d%%(minute).2d_%%(second).2d_%%(rev)s_%%(slug)s
+
+# sys.path path, will be prepended to sys.path if present.
+# defaults to the current working directory.  for multiple paths, the path separator
+# is defined by "path_separator" below.
+prepend_sys_path = .
+
+
+# timezone to use when rendering the date within the migration file
+# as well as the filename.
+# If specified, requires the tzdata library which can be installed by adding
+# `alembic[tz]` to the pip requirements.
+# string value is passed to ZoneInfo()
+# leave blank for localtime
+# timezone =
+
+# max length of characters to apply to the "slug" field
+# truncate_slug_length = 40
+
+# set to 'true' to run the environment during
+# the 'revision' command, regardless of autogenerate
+# revision_environment = false
+
+# set to 'true' to allow .pyc and .pyo files without
+# a source .py file to be detected as revisions in the
+# versions/ directory
+# sourceless = false
+
+# version location specification; This defaults
+# to <script_location>/versions.  When using multiple version
+# directories, initial revisions must be specified with --version-path.
+# The path separator used here should be the separator specified by "path_separator"
+# below.
+# version_locations = %(here)s/bar:%(here)s/bat:%(here)s/alembic/versions
+
+# path_separator; This indicates what character is used to split lists of file
+# paths, including version_locations and prepend_sys_path within configparser
+# files such as alembic.ini.
+# The default rendered in new alembic.ini files is "os", which uses os.pathsep
+# to provide os-dependent path splitting.
+#
+# Note that in order to support legacy alembic.ini files, this default does NOT
+# take place if path_separator is not present in alembic.ini.  If this
+# option is omitted entirely, fallback logic is as follows:
+#
+# 1. Parsing of the version_locations option falls back to using the legacy
+#    "version_path_separator" key, which if absent then falls back to the legacy
+#    behavior of splitting on spaces and/or commas.
+# 2. Parsing of the prepend_sys_path option falls back to the legacy
+#    behavior of splitting on spaces, commas, or colons.
+#
+# Valid values for path_separator are:
+#
+# path_separator = :
+# path_separator = ;
+# path_separator = space
+# path_separator = newline
+#
+# Use os.pathsep. Default configuration used for new projects.
+path_separator = os
+
+# set to 'true' to search source files recursively
+# in each "version_locations" directory
+# new in Alembic version 1.10
+# recursive_version_locations = false
+
+# the output encoding used when revision files
+# are written from script.py.mako
+# output_encoding = utf-8
+
+# database URL.  This is consumed by the user-maintained env.py script only.
+# other means of configuring database URLs may be customized within the env.py
+# file.
+sqlalchemy.url = sqlite:///./sql_library.db
+
+
+[post_write_hooks]
+# post_write_hooks defines scripts or Python functions that are run
+# on newly generated revision scripts.  See the documentation for further
+# detail and examples
+
+# format using "black" - use the console_scripts runner, against the "black" entrypoint
+# hooks = black
+# black.type = console_scripts
+# black.entrypoint = black
+# black.options = -l 79 REVISION_SCRIPT_FILENAME
+
+# lint with attempts to fix using "ruff" - use the module runner, against the "ruff" module
+# hooks = ruff
+# ruff.type = module
+# ruff.module = ruff
+# ruff.options = check --fix REVISION_SCRIPT_FILENAME
+
+# Alternatively, use the exec runner to execute a binary found on your PATH
+# hooks = ruff
+# ruff.type = exec
+# ruff.executable = ruff
+# ruff.options = check --fix REVISION_SCRIPT_FILENAME
+
+# Logging configuration.  This is also consumed by the user-maintained
+# env.py script only.
+[loggers]
+keys = root,sqlalchemy,alembic
+
+[handlers]
+keys = console
+
+[formatters]
+keys = generic
+
+[logger_root]
+level = WARNING
+handlers = console
+qualname =
+
+[logger_sqlalchemy]
+level = WARNING
+handlers =
+qualname = sqlalchemy.engine
+
+[logger_alembic]
+level = INFO
+handlers =
+qualname = alembic
+
+[handler_console]
+class = StreamHandler
+args = (sys.stderr,)
+level = NOTSET
+formatter = generic
+
+[formatter_generic]
+format = %(levelname)-5.5s [%(name)s] %(message)s
+datefmt = %H:%M:%S
diff --git a/alembic/README b/alembic/README
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..98e4f9c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/alembic/README
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Generic single-database configuration.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/alembic/env.py b/alembic/env.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..55c0ce3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/alembic/env.py
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+from logging.config import fileConfig
+
+from sqlalchemy import engine_from_config
+from sqlalchemy import pool
+
+from alembic import context
+
+from models import Base
+
+# this is the Alembic Config object, which provides
+# access to the values within the .ini file in use.
+config = context.config
+
+# Interpret the config file for Python logging.
+# This line sets up loggers basically.
+if config.config_file_name is not None:
+    fileConfig(config.config_file_name)
+
+# add your model's MetaData object here
+# for 'autogenerate' support
+# from myapp import mymodel
+# target_metadata = mymodel.Base.metadata
+target_metadata = Base.metadata
+
+# other values from the config, defined by the needs of env.py,
+# can be acquired:
+# my_important_option = config.get_main_option("my_important_option")
+# ... etc.
+
+
+def run_migrations_offline() -> None:
+    """Run migrations in 'offline' mode.
+
+    This configures the context with just a URL
+    and not an Engine, though an Engine is acceptable
+    here as well.  By skipping the Engine creation
+    we don't even need a DBAPI to be available.
+
+    Calls to context.execute() here emit the given string to the
+    script output.
+
+    """
+    url = config.get_main_option("sqlalchemy.url")
+    context.configure(
+        url=url,
+        target_metadata=target_metadata,
+        literal_binds=True,
+        dialect_opts={"paramstyle": "named"},
+    )
+
+    with context.begin_transaction():
+        context.run_migrations()
+
+
+def run_migrations_online() -> None:
+    """Run migrations in 'online' mode.
+
+    In this scenario we need to create an Engine
+    and associate a connection with the context.
+
+    """
+    connectable = engine_from_config(
+        config.get_section(config.config_ini_section, {}),
+        prefix="sqlalchemy.",
+        poolclass=pool.NullPool,
+    )
+
+    with connectable.connect() as connection:
+        context.configure(
+            connection=connection, target_metadata=target_metadata
+        )
+
+        with context.begin_transaction():
+            context.run_migrations()
+
+
+if context.is_offline_mode():
+    run_migrations_offline()
+else:
+    run_migrations_online()
diff --git a/alembic/script.py.mako b/alembic/script.py.mako
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..11016301
--- /dev/null
+++ b/alembic/script.py.mako
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+"""${message}
+
+Revision ID: ${up_revision}
+Revises: ${down_revision | comma,n}
+Create Date: ${create_date}
+
+"""
+from typing import Sequence, Union
+
+from alembic import op
+import sqlalchemy as sa
+${imports if imports else ""}
+
+# revision identifiers, used by Alembic.
+revision: str = ${repr(up_revision)}
+down_revision: Union[str, Sequence[str], None] = ${repr(down_revision)}
+branch_labels: Union[str, Sequence[str], None] = ${repr(branch_labels)}
+depends_on: Union[str, Sequence[str], None] = ${repr(depends_on)}
+
+
+def upgrade() -> None:
+    """Upgrade schema."""
+    ${upgrades if upgrades else "pass"}
+
+
+def downgrade() -> None:
+    """Downgrade schema."""
+    ${downgrades if downgrades else "pass"}
diff --git a/alembic/versions/65f3fa91bd82_init.py b/alembic/versions/65f3fa91bd82_init.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..57210e42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/alembic/versions/65f3fa91bd82_init.py
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+"""Init
+
+Revision ID: 65f3fa91bd82
+Revises: 
+Create Date: 2026-05-08 21:11:17.034314
+
+"""
+from typing import Sequence, Union
+
+from alembic import op
+import sqlalchemy as sa
+
+
+# revision identifiers, used by Alembic.
+revision: str = '65f3fa91bd82'
+down_revision: Union[str, Sequence[str], None] = None
+branch_labels: Union[str, Sequence[str], None] = None
+depends_on: Union[str, Sequence[str], None] = None
+
+
+def upgrade() -> None:
+    """Upgrade schema."""
+    # ### commands auto generated by Alembic - please adjust! ###
+    op.create_table('author',
+    sa.Column('id', sa.Integer(), nullable=False),
+    sa.Column('name', sa.String(length=255), nullable=False),
+    sa.Column('bio', sa.String(length=255), nullable=False),
+    sa.PrimaryKeyConstraint('id'),
+    sa.UniqueConstraint('name')
+    )
+    op.create_index(op.f('ix_author_id'), 'author', ['id'], unique=False)
+    op.create_table('book',
+    sa.Column('id', sa.Integer(), nullable=False),
+    sa.Column('title', sa.String(), nullable=False),
+    sa.Column('summary', sa.String(length=255), nullable=False),
+    sa.Column('publication_date', sa.Date(), nullable=False),
+    sa.Column('author_id', sa.Integer(), nullable=False),
+    sa.ForeignKeyConstraint(['author_id'], ['author.id'], ),
+    sa.PrimaryKeyConstraint('id'),
+    sa.UniqueConstraint('title')
+    )
+    op.create_index(op.f('ix_book_id'), 'book', ['id'], unique=False)
+    # ### end Alembic commands ###
+
+
+def downgrade() -> None:
+    """Downgrade schema."""
+    # ### commands auto generated by Alembic - please adjust! ###
+    op.drop_index(op.f('ix_book_id'), table_name='book')
+    op.drop_table('book')
+    op.drop_index(op.f('ix_author_id'), table_name='author')
+    op.drop_table('author')
+    # ### end Alembic commands ###
diff --git a/crud.py b/crud.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..600c62a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crud.py
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+from sqlalchemy import select
+from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
+
+import models
+import schemas
+
+
+def create_author(
+    db: Session,
+    author: schemas.AuthorCreate
+) -> models.DBAuthor:
+    db_author = models.DBAuthor(
+        name=author.name,
+        bio=author.bio
+    )
+    db.add(db_author)
+    db.commit()
+    db.refresh(db_author)
+
+    return db_author
+
+
+def retrieve_author_by_id(
+    db: Session,
+    author_id: int
+) -> models.DBAuthor:
+
+    return db.get(models.DBAuthor, author_id)
+
+
+def get_author_by_name(
+    db: Session,
+    name: str
+) -> models.DBAuthor:
+    stmt = select(models.DBAuthor).where(models.DBAuthor.name == name)
+
+    return db.scalars(stmt).first()
+
+
+def retrieve_authors(
+    db: Session,
+    skip: int = 0,
+    limit: int = 100
+) -> list[models.DBAuthor]:
+    stmt = select(models.DBAuthor).offset(skip).limit(limit)
+
+    return list(db.scalars(stmt).all())
+
+
+def create_book(
+    db: Session,
+    book: schemas.BookCreate
+) -> models.DBBook:
+
+    db_book = models.DBBook(
+        title=book.title,
+        summary=book.summary,
+        author_id=book.author_id,
+        publication_date=book.publication_date
+    )
+    db.add(db_book)
+    db.commit()
+    db.refresh(db_book)
+
+    return db_book
+
+
+def retrieve_books(
+    db: Session,
+    skip: int = 0,
+    limit: int = 100,
+    author_id: int | None = None
+) -> list[models.DBBook]:
+    stmt = select(models.DBBook).offset(skip).limit(limit)
+    if author_id:
+        stmt = stmt.where(
+            models.DBBook.author_id == author_id
+        )
+
+    return list(db.scalars(stmt).all())
diff --git a/database.py b/database.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a29a548a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/database.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+from sqlalchemy import create_engine
+from sqlalchemy.orm import sessionmaker
+from sqlalchemy.ext.declarative import declarative_base
+
+SQL_ALCHEMY_DATABASE_URL = "sqlite:///./sql_library.db"
+
+engine = create_engine(
+    SQL_ALCHEMY_DATABASE_URL,
+    connect_args={"check_same_thread": False}
+)
+
+SessionLocal = sessionmaker(autocommit=False, autoflush=False, bind=engine)
+
+
+Base = declarative_base()
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1cf44997
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main.py
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+from typing import Generator, List, Annotated
+
+from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
+from fastapi import FastAPI, Depends, HTTPException
+
+import crud
+import models
+import schemas
+from database import engine, SessionLocal
+
+
+class AuthorNotExist(HTTPException):
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        author_id: int
+    ):
+        super().__init__(
+            status_code=400,
+            detail=f"Author with id '{author_id}' does not exist"
+        )
+
+
+class AuthorAlreadyExists(HTTPException):
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        author_index: str
+    ):
+        super().__init__(
+            status_code=400,
+            detail=f"Author with index '{author_index}' already exists"
+        )
+
+
+models.Base.metadata.create_all(bind=engine)
+
+
+app = FastAPI()
+
+
+def get_db() -> Generator[Session, None, None]:
+    db = SessionLocal()
+
+    try:
+        yield db
+    finally:
+        db.close()
+
+
+@app.get("/")
+def root():
+    return {"message": "Hello World"}
+
+
+@app.post("/book/", response_model=schemas.Book)
+def create_book(
+    book: schemas.BookCreate,
+    db: Annotated[Session, Depends(get_db)],
+) -> models.DBBook:
+
+    if not crud.retrieve_author_by_id(db=db, author_id=book.author_id):
+        raise AuthorNotExist(author_id=book.author_id)
+
+    return crud.create_book(db=db, book=book)
+
+
+@app.post("/author/", response_model=schemas.Author)
+def create_author(
+    author: schemas.AuthorCreate,
+    db: Annotated[Session, Depends(get_db)]
+) -> models.DBAuthor:
+
+    if crud.get_author_by_name(db=db, name=author.name):
+        raise AuthorAlreadyExists(author_index=author.name)
+
+    return crud.create_author(db=db, author=author)
+
+
+@app.get("/authors", response_model=list[schemas.Author])
+def get_authors(
+    db: Annotated[Session, Depends(get_db)],
+    skip: int = 0,
+    limit: int = 100
+) -> List[models.DBAuthor]:
+
+    return crud.retrieve_authors(db=db, skip=skip, limit=limit)
+
+
+@app.get("/author/{author_id}", response_model=schemas.Author)
+def get_author(
+    db: Annotated[Session, Depends(get_db)],
+    author_id: int
+) -> models.DBAuthor:
+
+    author = crud.retrieve_author_by_id(db=db, author_id=author_id)
+
+    if not author:
+        raise AuthorNotExist(author_id=author_id)
+
+    return author
+
+
+@app.get("/books", response_model=list[schemas.Book])
+def get_books(
+    db: Annotated[Session, Depends(get_db)],
+    skip: int = 0,
+    limit: int = 100,
+    author_id: int | None = None
+) -> list[models.DBBook]:
+
+    if (
+        author_id and not crud.retrieve_author_by_id(
+            db=db,
+            author_id=author_id)
+    ):
+        raise AuthorNotExist(author_id=author_id)
+
+    return crud.retrieve_books(
+        db=db,
+        skip=skip,
+        limit=limit,
+        author_id=author_id
+    )
diff --git a/models.py b/models.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d964a297
--- /dev/null
+++ b/models.py
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+from typing import List
+
+from sqlalchemy import String, ForeignKey, Date
+from sqlalchemy.orm import Mapped, mapped_column, relationship
+
+from database import Base
+
+
+class DBAuthor(Base):
+    __tablename__ = "author"
+
+    id: Mapped[int] = mapped_column(primary_key=True, index=True)
+    name: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(String(255), unique=True)
+    bio: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(String(255))
+    books: Mapped[List["DBBook"]] = relationship("DBBook")
+
+
+class DBBook(Base):
+    __tablename__ = "book"
+
+    id: Mapped[int] = mapped_column(primary_key=True, index=True)
+    title: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(unique=True)
+    summary: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(String(255))
+    publication_date: Mapped[Date] = mapped_column(Date)
+
+    author_id: Mapped[int] = mapped_column(ForeignKey("author.id"))
+    author: Mapped["DBAuthor"] = relationship("DBAuthor")
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d78fa26c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+fastapi
+sqlalchemy
+alembic
+uvicorn
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/schemas.py b/schemas.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ac7c30ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/schemas.py
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+from pydantic import BaseModel, ConfigDict
+from datetime import date
+
+
+class AuthorBase(BaseModel):
+    name: str
+    bio: str
+
+
+class AuthorCreate(AuthorBase):
+    pass
+
+
+class Author(AuthorBase):
+    model_config = ConfigDict(from_attributes=True)
+    id: int
+
+
+class BookBase(BaseModel):
+    title: str
+    summary: str
+    publication_date: date
+    author_id: int
+
+
+class BookCreate(BookBase):
+    pass
+
+
+class Book(BookBase):
+    model_config = ConfigDict(from_attributes=True)
+    id: int