Annemarie Nikolaus began writing literary fiction in 2001. After several short stories, her first novel was published in 2005. She;s now an independent author. She was born in Hessia/Germany and lived in Northern Italy for 20 years. In 2010, she moved to the Auvergne region in France with her daughter. After studying psychology, journalism, politics and history, she worked as a psychotherapist, political advisor and journalist.