Tatyana Ustinova discussed her feelings about film adaptations of her works and why, after an unsuccessful experience, she decided to trust directors and producers.
The writer also explained how she creates characters, why she spent a year studying letters from Lermontov's era for her new novel, what she's currently reading, and why she realized her love for her husband only after ten years of marriage.
Ustinova also spoke for the first time since the birth of her granddaughter about her new status as a grandmother and the novel she's currently writing.
The interview opens with a story about her granddaughter: a girl named Maria was born just a few days before the program was taped.

00:00 Tatyana Ustinova became a grandmother
01:08 Why her granddaughter was named Maria
04:18 New novel "Shadows of the Southern Night" and Lermontov
07:01 How Ustinova combined two eras in one detective story
08:29 What is Tatyana Ustinova reading now
10:02 Where does the writer get her characters from?
13:01 Why observation sometimes gets in the way of life
15:26 On being honest with yourself and the influence of family
17:41 How Ustinova realized she loved her husband after 10 years of marriage
19:43 Why the writer no longer argues with film adaptations of her books