Ally Hauptmann-Gurski is a former journalist and translator (German) from Berlin. She spent many years touring Europe and beyond with the Russian balalaika and dance ensemble she co-founded with her husband. The idea to get out of the air and noise pollution of the big cities led to a phase in Port Lincoln where she wrote and edited town promotion material, organized three festivals and translated books.

Now in Adelaide, Ally has written a screenplay based on a gypsy singer's life in tsarist Russia and in exile - based on a true story, which she has re-written as an historical novel in two parts.
Nadezhda Vassilievna Plevitskaya was a Gypsy singer in Russia who rose from the camps to sing for the Tsar, and on concert stages. She was also one of the first recording stars.

Visit this link for further details of the novel: La Plevitskaya

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