Nurshat Shatayeva

Nurshat Shatayeva, 43, was born and raised in Taraz, Kazakhstan, and has lived in Israel for ten years. She is the founder and curator of an online book club. She is the author of the novels “Before Dawn” (self-published) and “Black Magnolia”, published by Drugoi Tekst. She has also written short stories, which are freely available on her website, nura-writer.com.

She wrote the screenplay for the feature film “Four Days”, about the events of January 2022 in Kazakhstan. She is married and is raising a daughter.

Target readership: Women aged 25–45, mostly living in Kazakhstan’s major cities, who are interested in contemporary literature, psychology, relationships and family history; readers who relate to themes of female identity, motherhood, love, friendship, memory and the clash between traditional and modern ways of life.