Nika Velt is Russian-born and lives in France with her French husband. She was trained in the Scriptwriting Workshop of A. Gonorovsky, and is the author of four plays. Her "Stars in a Black Hole" was shortlisted at several theater festivals and staged by Ivan Ryabenko at Theater on Liteynyi in Saint-Petersburg in 2021. A precursor to this play, "Bardo Thedol or Grandma You Are Dead," was shortlisted at several theater festivals and staged by Pavel Artemyev at Quarteater (Moscow) in 2023.