Nadya Beauharnais has written her three-part semi-biographical novel between the years of 1965-1982. 

Born in Moscow, Russia in 1946 and raised in a Siberian town of Votkinsk, Nadya studied music and received her diploma as violinist. Later, she also received a Master's Degree in Archeology, and worked back in Moscow in several fields: as the Tchaikovsky Museum's guide, journalist for leading musical magazines, orchestral violinist and violin teacher. She also has been painting and written some poetry.

Nadya has lived in the United States since 1981 with her husband, a noted concert cellist Yosif Feigelson, and their two sons.