Baryakina, Elvira Valerevna

Born on November 9, 1975 in Nizhny Novgorod . Lives in a suburb of Los Angeles , Irvine . She graduated from the Law Faculty of UNN . Worked as a lawyer and corporate lawyer; In parallel, she collaborated with television and wrote articles for newspapers and magazines.

The first work of art, Fish in a Teapot, was co-written with Anna Kapranova and was published in 1998 in the Do It Yourself newspaper. In 2001, two of their stories - “The Coffin with Music” and “Gentle Ear Attraction” were published by Eksmo Publishing House.

Since 2002 , lives in the United States .

In 2006, she created an educational online resource for Russian-speaking writers, "Writer's Handbook."

From 2006 to 2008, Baryakina acted as an independent literary agent specializing in the rights to translate foreign works into Russian.

In 2010, the Ripol Classic publishing house published the novel White Shanghai, which tells of the White Guard emigration to China. In October 2011, his prequel, the novel “Argentinean,” was published, in which the Civil War in Russia is considered from various points of view - white, red, ordinary people, emigrants, Chinese mercenaries, British volunteers, etc. The third novel in the series, “Prince of Soviet” , which tells about foreign journalists in Moscow during the NEP , was published in 2016 by Eksmo Publishing House.

At the beginning of 2013, Glagoslav Publishing House (Great Britain) published a translation of the novel White Shanghai.

In 2017, the publisher Prószyński i S-ka (Poland) published a three-volume series of the Stormy Era series: novels Argentinean, White Shanghai and Prince of Soviet.

Paper editions

EXTERIOR WORKS

1. 1998 - “Fish in a Teapot” (co-authored by A. Kapranova), chik-lit, “Do It Yourself” newspaper
2. 2001 - "The coffin with music" (co-authored with A. Kapranova), ironic detective, publishing house " Exmo "
3. 2001 - Gentle Ear Attraction (co-authored by A. Kapranova), ironic detective, Eksmo Publishing House
4. 2001 - Russian Nikita, psychological thriller, Eksmo Publishing House
5. 2003 - Thunderstorm Factory, political detective, Olympus Publishing House
6. 2007 - The Conspiracy of Silence, a historical novel about the times of the Cold War , Olimp and AST publishing houses

SERIES “WHEN I WILL BECOME ADULTS”

1. 2007 - “Architect” (co-authored with O. Alekseeva), a children's illustrated book on the profession of an architect. Arkaim Publishing House
2. 2007 - "Archaeologist", a children's illustrated book dedicated to the profession of an archaeologist. Arkaim Publishing House
3. 2008 - “Geologist”, a children's illustrated book dedicated to the profession of a geologist. Arkaim Publishing House

AGENT MARGE SERIES

1. 2008 - “A Woman with a Capital Letter Z”, a diary novel about the life of a Russian literary agent in the USA. Publishing houses " Olympus " and " AST "
2. 2008 - "J. wonderful people ”, the continuation of the novel“ A Woman with a Capital Letter Z ”. Publishing houses " Olympus " and " AST "

PROFESSIONAL LITERATURE

1. “Writer's Handbook: How to Write and Publish a Successful Book” (University Book Publishing House, 2009; School of Publishing and Media Business Publishing House, University Book 2011; AST Publishing House, 2018).

THUNDERING EPOCH SERIES

1. "Argentinean", a novel about the 1917 revolution and the Civil War in Russia. (Publishing house " Ripol-classic ", 2011 ; Publishing house " Eksmo ", 2016 )
2. "White Shanghai", a novel about the White Guard emigration to China. (Publishing house " Ripol-classic ", 2010 ; Publishing house " Eksmo ", 2017 )
3. "Prince of Soviet", a novel about foreign journalists in Stalin's Moscow. ( Eksmo Publishing House, 2016 )

Audiobooks

1. Argentinean (read by Alexei Nikolaev), 2017
2. “White Shanghai” (read by Alexei Nikolaev), 2017
3. “The Prince of Soviet” (read by Alexei Nikolaev), 2017
4. “A woman with a capital Z” (read by Olga Salem), 2008
5. "J. wonderful people ”(read by Olga Salem), 2017
6. “Neonics and the fox of Naruka” (read by Olga Salem), 2012

Kids Interactive Books for iPad

1. "Neonics and the fox of Naruka"

Since 2015, Elvira Baryakina has been teaching literary skills and business, conducting webinars and trainings.

• Official site of Elvira Baryakina
• Writer's Handbook: How to Write and Publish a Book
• Facebook Page
• VK page
• Youtube Channel
• “Works Over the Edge”: Three Interviews by Rania Ibatullina // Cosmopolitan , November 2009 - pp. 254—257. (Retrieved November 24, 2009)
• Elvira Baryakina: The American Dream. Interview on the website of the magazine "Interview"