I studied literature and linguistics in Germany and the United States. After graduating with a PhD, I worked as a technical writer and editor. Drawn to a more challenging career and increased opportunities for traveling, I moved on to management at a global IT company. Now a full-time writer and editor, I strive to combine my two passions: writing and traveling.
I supported a street kids project in Recife, Brazil, for years and organized donations from Germany before I visited Grupo Ruas e Pracas. There, I took part in a music and crafts workshop with the children. During my stay in Rio de Janeiro, STRAYS OF RIO, a social thriller set in this city of contrasts, took shape. During my extensive research on street kids, drug trafficking, social and political issues, I received advice from the chairman of the German organization RUA e.V., supporting street children in Brazil.
In 2008 I traveled through Chile, supposedly the safest country in South America. Stopped at a red light in our rented SUV, me and my partner were sandwiched between two trucks on the Pan-American highway. An unplanned excursion to the local hospital and the Carabineros de Chile allowed me insights I never meant to gain but wouldn’t want to miss. A new story idea sparked: Crumple Zone.
In 2009, while driving home on the Autobahn from a hike in the Alps, the idea for Rapunzel Plan developed in my bored mind. A road bully and tour guide from hell up against a tough manager and control freak.
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I studied literature and linguistics in Germany and the United States. After graduating with a PhD, I worked as a technical writer and editor. Drawn to a more challenging career and increased opportunities for traveling, I moved on to management at a global IT company. Now a full-time writer and editor, I strive to combine my two passions: writing and traveling.
I supported a street kids project in Recife, Brazil, for years and organized donations from Germany before I visited Grupo Ruas e Pracas. There, I took part in a music and crafts workshop with the children. During my stay in Rio de Janeiro, STRAYS OF RIO, a social thriller set in this city of contrasts, took shape. During my extensive research on street kids, drug trafficking, social and political issues, I received advice from the chairman of the German organization RUA e.V., supporting street children in Brazil.
In 2008 I traveled through Chile, supposedly the safest country in South America. Stopped at a red light in our rented SUV, me and my partner were sandwiched between two trucks on the Pan-American highway. An unplanned excursion to the local hospital and the Carabineros de Chile allowed me insights I never meant to gain but wouldn’t want to miss. A new story idea sparked: Crumple Zone.
In 2009, while driving home on the Autobahn from a hike in the Alps, the idea for Rapunzel Plan developed in my bored mind. A road bully and tour guide from hell up against a tough manager and control freak.