Irina Karenina was born on May 12, 1979 in Nizhny Tagil. Graduated from the Literary Institute. She worked as a proofreader, a fashion model, an administrator of a rock group, translated from English, led a drama club for Hare Krishnas, sang in a restaurant, was a theater director, theater critic, press attache of the municipality, chief editor of business and glossy magazines, and documentary film scriptwriter. Published in the magazines “Ural”, “Likbez”, “Prologue”.