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Agrippina Arkadyevna Dontsova (née Vasilyeva) (Russian: Агриппи́на Арка́дьевна Донцо́ва (Васи́льева); born 7 June 1952 in Moscow), primarily known as Darya Dontsova (Russian: Дарья Донцова) is a Russian writer of detective novels. She has written approximately 150 commercially successful novels as well as cook books and three autobiographies. She is a member of the Union of Russian Writers.
Dontsova was born on June 7, 1952 in Moscow. She graduated the MSU Faculty of Journalism and speaks German and French. She has two children.
Dontsova is a very popular writer especially among Russian women, having been voted into the top 100 of Russia's elite in polls commissioned by Kommersant in 2003 and 2007. She has won numerous literary awards and nominations ("The Writer of the Year" award at 2001, 2002, 2003, "Bestseller of the Year" at 2002, 2003).