Anastasiya Baydachenko was born on Nov 25th 1981 in Kyiv, Ukraine.
Middle Ages and literature become her passionate hobbies since early teens. Interested in history of Hundred Years` War and especially feud between the Houses of Orleans and of Burgundy.
Graduated from the oldest university in Western Europe Kyiv-Mohyla Academy in 2003. The same year won silver prize in All-Ukrainian young author competition with the novel “The day before ages” published in 2004.
Other publications followed historical novels - All-Ukrainian literature competition winner “Alien blood” (2004), “Danse macabre” (2005), “Jean sans Peur”(2006), “Isabelle`s first sin”(2007), “Nothing personal” (2010), “A married woman”(2018) and "An independent woman" as first&second book of Orleans trilogy.