Nellja Veremey (1963) was born and raised in the Soviet Union. She studied Russian language and literature at Leningrad University, and in 1994 transferred to Berlin, where he still lives today. In her new environment, she worked as a Russian teacher language, she translated and wrote for the weekly newspaper Freitag . Her first novel, Berlin is in the East , was enthusiastically received accepted by the audience and critics, he was awarded, among other things, an award Adalbert-von-Chamisso in 2014. This award is intended for authors who write in German, and whose works are inspired by cultural change identity. Roman Berlin is located at East was also nominated for the German Booksellers Award. It's summer 2016. published her second novel Before the Storm .