Born in St Petersburg, Russia, Seraphima holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Language and English and American Literature, received in a private Institute of Foreign Languages in St Petersburg. Her favourite authors are Alexandre Pushkin (1799-1837) – a poet and novelist of the Romantic era and the founder of modern Russian literature, and Agatha Christie (1890-1976), - a queen of mystery and detective genre.
In addition to the degree in linguistics, Seraphima has studied as separate short courses screenwriting with Aaron Sorkin at the MasterClass, 'Introduction into Classical Music’ at Yale University, 'Psychology of Self-actualisation and Creative Identification' at Tomsk University, and 'Literary Wardrobe' - symbolism of clothes and fashion items in literature, at Moscow State University.
As a kid, Seraphima went to a French language school but it never grew on her. Instead, in her spare time, she studied English language, dreaming of becoming one day an international affairs reporter, travelling the world and sharing cultural and social news.
Having graduated from the IFL, she set on a different kind of adventure and got involved in print media industry, promoting and marketing lifestyle publications. In 2006, her spirit of innovation, independent thinking and creative solution approach led her to launch her own publication - Avantoure, one of the first digital only magazines, that utilized the latest developments in digital publishing, such as inclusion of rich media into the layout of the publication, and selling digital subscriptions.
In 2013, Seraphima’s talent in visual creative writing and artistic streak combined brought her to the path of, first, staging story-based ballets based on her own librettos, and, later, to screenwriting, with her current finished works being ‘A Tricky Game' (in English), 'Puzzled (in English), and 'Головоломка' (in Russian).
Apart from screenwriting, between 2013 and 2016, Seraphima also completed four fiction books including Головоломка (in Russian) and Puzzled (in English), Задача с неизвестными (in Russian), and Загадка Восточного Экспресса (in Russian).
In December 2021 Seraphima did a DNA test with My Heritage and set on a different kind of challenging journey - uncovering mysteries of her own background, ancestry, and life circumstances. In the course of her journey she was able to build a Family Tree, place herself in the world ethnic map, and find some breathtaking links and connections.
In November 2023 Seraphima became a member of the Romanov Dynasty FB Group where she is currently a group expert. Whilst communicating with the members of the group she was drawn into solving the Romanovs' 'murder' mystery which she has recently successfully completed. The results of this exciting and thrilling adventure are now being written down and will be published in a series of articles under the title 'The In-Famous Romanovs'.
Seraphima's life circumstances have allowed her to visit and live in many cities and countries of the world, including London, New York, Moscow, Dubai, Geneva, Berlin. But her all-time favourite remains London – a melting pot of creativity, individualism and quirky ideas.
