Leonid Pereplyotchik was born in Ukraine. He worked as the Siberia University professor. In the USSR, Leonid wrote science articles, novels, and philosophical essays.
After leaving the USSR, he worked in the USA and used his American experience to write more novels and essays. He published his books "On both sides of the Bering Strait" and "River of Oblivion". The book "Two Sides of a Planet" is the third one published in the USA.