Ksenya Stepanycheva was born in the city of Saratov on November 4, 1978, into the family of a military serviceman.

[1] Her play 2 х 2 = 5 received First Prize at the All-Russian Competition of Playwrights, Protagonist (Deystvuyushiye litsa Russian: Действующие лица), 2004, and was staged by the School of Modern Drama Theater in Moscow and at the Saratov Drama Theater.

Kseniya is the author of such plays as 2 х 2 = 5, Private Life, Pink Bow, Staf, Divine Foam, and The Cossacks' Tales.

[2] In April 2009 together with other young playwrights of Russia she undertook in-depth training at Princeton University (New Jersey, United States).

Private Life (Russian: Частная жизнь) by Kseniya Stepanycheva was staged at the Saratovskiy Academical Theater in 2009.