I grew up in a small city in southern Germany that was much too bureaucratic and sleepy for me. But I was also born into a family with a love for books and music. Playing the piano and reading about Astrid Lindgren’s or Jane Austen’s idyllic worlds helped me through the ups and downs of childhood and adolescence.

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Growing up in the 1960s and 70s, I had three big dreams: to one day be a mother, to live in America, and to write a book—in no particular order. But life threw me many curveballs and it wasn’t until 1998, when the first two dreams became true within a few months of each other.

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It took another twenty years until I found the inspiration to write my debut novel TURN BACK TIME. My books aren’t autobiographical, but in my writing, I realized that our past never really leaves us, and every story contains grains of my own experiences.

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