She is married to a Ukrainian writer Andriy Bondar, with whom she has a daughter Varvara, born 10 March 2008.

In 2004 she received a residence grant from Villa Decius Association in Kraków where she used to live.

In December 2014, her novel Felix Austria won BBC Ukrainian's Book of the Year 2014 award.

[2] An additional publication inspired by the novel's contents, was a recipe book compiled with Marianna Dushar.

[3] A Ukrainian-Polish feature film Viddana by director Chrystyna Syvolap was released in 2020.