People know that I am a very good author. But they would rather read what I have to say about the next election.

She moved to Moscow in the early 1980s and started working in the Nauka publishing house. Several collections of short stories by Tatyana Tolstaya are popular all over Russia and Tatyana Tolstaya is regarded by many as one of the foremost writers of today. Family
She was born in Leningrad into a family of rich literary tradition.