I write both fiction and non-fiction, and am forever curious about protagonists – and real people – who find themselves at turning points. An anthropologist by academic training and a dreamer by nature, my process is fueled by research, observation, interviews, memory and imagination

My perspective is shaped by the fact that I lived through a revolution and navigated life in two radically different systems. I grew up in a communist model city, behind the Iron Curtain in East Germany. Then, a historic stroke of luck – the fall of the Berlin Wall – catapulted me into a new life of freedom. I seized the opportunity to explore the world, living in England, South Africa, Japan, before settling in the United States. 

I started out as a freelance copywriter while I was still in grad school, marking the beginning of a career that eventually took me to New York City where I launched a creative communications business. After holding leadership roles on the board of directors for MIT’s Enterprise Forum NYC and as CEO of a sustainable business organization, I made the jump to pursuing my true passion: telling stories.

I live in Los Angeles.

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