Draft:Tatiana Polyakova

Tatyana Polyakova (Татья́на Ви́кторовна Рога́нова; 14 September 1959, Vladimir – 8 March 2021) was a Russian writer, screenwriter, and author of thedetective fiction.

Life

She graduated from Ivanovo State University. She got a job as a teacher and worked there for 14 years.

Her first publication was in 1990 (the story "Two and a Half Times Married" in magazine "Fantacrim-MEGA" No 1; Minsk, 1990).

She began to publish adventurous novels in 1997. She wrote down stories in notebooks. During her writing career, she wrote 95 novels, which sold a total circulation of more than 42 million copies.

She published the series "The Adventurous Detective of Tatyana Polyakova". Since 1999, eleven films and mini-series have been shot based on her books: "Thin Thing" with Alexandra Zakharova in the title role, "Devil with Two", "Whatever It Is", "Shrew Target", "Shadow of the Dragonfly" and others. A number of books by Tatiana Polyakova have been translated into foreign languages (Polish, Bulgarian, Latvian). She is the winner of several literary awards (e.g. the Polish Great Caliber Prize, 2008).

The writer lived in Vladimir with her husband Alexander. Son Rodion lives with his family in St. Petersburg.

She died on 8 March 2021. She was buried at the Ulybyshevskoye cemetery in Vladimir. The creative archive of Tatyana Polyakova (about 300 manuscripts of 1982-2019) was transferred to the collection of the Vladimir-Suzdal Museum.