Tamara Cheremnova

Tamara Cheremnova (; born December 6, 1955) is a Russian author called the "Storyteller of Siberia". She has cerebral palsy and she spent her adult life in a mental asylum before her writings revealed her misdiagnosis. She was one of the BBC's "100 Women" in 2018.

Life Cheremnova was born in Russia in 1955.

In 1961, when she was six years old, her parents took her to an orphanage, where they diagnosed " intellectual disability." She can remember being upset when her parents visited her as they would not take her home. Cheremnova has some sympathy as disabled children were then considered second class. She remembers that her parents rarely picked her up and it was up to her to learn to sit up. She remembers that there was a fatal fire at her home and one carer just left her behind. She would have died if another patient had not pushed her out of the building. She published her book online. She is known as the storyteller in Siberia and she is now living as the center of attention. She has hired two nurses who dress her and feed her. In December 2018 she was included as one of the BBC 100 Women.

Works Из жизни волшебника Мишуты (From the life of the wise man Mixuta, 1990) Про рыжую Таюшку (About the red hair Tajiuxka, 2003) Приключения лесной ведьмочки Шиши (Adventure in the woods with Xixi, 2015) Шел по осени щенок (Walking with the Autumn Puppy, 2018) Трава, пробившая асфальт (Grass, Asphalt Samples, 2018)