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Yulia Lavryashina was born on May 3, 1965, in Kemerovo. She graduated from the Kemerovo State Institute of Culture (library faculty) and worked in the library of KuzGTU. Prose writer, author of more than twenty works of prose and a collection of poems, as well as a number of plays. She has been published in Moscow, Novosibirsk, and Kemerovo. Member of the Union of Writers of Russia since 1995.

Yulia Lavryashina is an author who tends to create mystifications. Each of her books seems to be perceived as autobiographical, but at the same time all her stories and heroines are so unlike each other that it feels as if the novels were written by different people.

The tendency to change masks, the prosaist says, began already in childhood, when Yulia dreamed of becoming an actress. But later she decided that it’s far more interesting to invent a new story every day than to play the same role for years.

Today she works with theaters as a playwright. Among her acquaintances there are many actors and directors, whose images keep showing up in her books. Although Yulia insists that her novel heroes have no real prototypes, who knows? Perhaps it’s fiction, a play of imagination—or maybe not?

Both in literature and in life, Yulia is an adventurer, like many of her heroes. She isn’t afraid to tackle sensitive topics, but about the most candid, intimate things she writes at a high level. The emotionality of her books grabs you from the very first page and doesn’t let you go until the last.

She’s interested in what people are living through today, what is most painful—but as a rule, her heroes are vivid, interesting personalities. And since life keeps bringing up new topics, you can be sure that Yulia Lavryashina will write many more intriguing novels.