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 people management at a global IT company. Now a full-time writer and editor, I strive to combine my two passions: writing and traveling.<\/p>\n
I’m supporting a street kids project in Recife, Brazil. When I visited Grupo Ruas e Pracas, 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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
In 2009, while driving home on the Autobahn from a hike in the Alps, the idea for the Adventure Trek<\/em> series developed in my bored mind. A road bully and tour guide from hell up against a tough manager and control freak. Early in 2011 I visited Tenerife with the sequel in mind.<\/p>\n From 2009 to 2012, I also co-authored the Higher Ground series with Francene Stanley. Four books of a post-apocalyptic fantasy adventure written and polished in less than four years. Wow, I’m still amazed.<\/p>\n Two flash fiction pieces, “The Earth” and “Euphoria” have been published at Camroc Press Review<\/a>.<\/p>\n In 2012 I simply had to start translating my English novels into German and then got stuck with my native tongue for a while and wrote new books in German. So I had to translate in the other direction, my own books and other people’s, most prominently Kathrin Br\u00fcckmann<\/a>‘s murder mysteries set in Ancient Egypt.<\/p>\n