Rodilas' i zhivet v Uzbekistane. Zanimaetsya turisticheskim biznesom. Mnogo puteshestvuet, chto nakhodit pryamoe otrazhenie v tvorchestve. Uvlekaetsya istoriey, etnografiey, arkheologiey. Naryadu s ocherkami o puteshestviyakh pishet rasskazy, romany, povesti. Nekotorye iz nikh stali laureatami i pobeditelyami mezhdunarodnykh literaturnykh konkursov.