Randa Weiser, born in 1985, is the girl-next-door: a woman who breaks new ground where others run into walls. With her inexhaustible energy and zest for life, she and her family, as Randa_and_the_gang, inspire a large fan base on social media. Randa's family is from Jordan; she was born in Berlin, where she still lives today.
Ines Calic, born in Berlin, grew up in Berlin and Paris and studied law in Salzburg. She gained journalistic experience at the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation's (ORF) current affairs service before conducting research at the Institute for European Legal History on contemporary history and Nazi legislation. Controversial topics from science and politics provide material and background for her books. She writes crime novels and thrillers. Ines Calic is a member of the International Thriller Writers and the International League of Human Rights.
Mo Enders, born in 1983, roamed between the lines of countless books as a child, tried to give the childlike empress a name or fly with an umbrella. Today she tells her own stories and has the best job in the world. When she's not living in books, she lives in Berlin.
Laura Lichtenwalter lives for good stories. As a literary agent at AVA international she is responsible for a wide range of entertainment literature. After studying book science in Mainz and Munich and completing her traineeship at the Droemer Knaur publishing group, she worked for seven years as an editor at the Penguin Random House publishing group. In the editorial department of Penguin Verlag she acquired and supervised German-language and international fiction authors and often accompanied them and their works to bestseller success. She has worked with authors such as Ellen Sandberg, Ayla Dade, Bianca Iosivoni, Carley Fortune, Maria Grund and Megan Miranda. Laura Lichtenwalter lives in her adopted home of Munich and loves travelling, hiking and diving in her free time.
Margarete "Maggy" Prijak has been working at the Munich Oktoberfest since 1987. Since the age of 16, only a broken knee and the birth of her son have kept her away from the Theresienwiese. Maggy followed in the footsteps of her aunt and her mother, who, like many other members of her family, are firm favourites at the Augustiner-Festhalle. The Wiesn is Maggy's living room, between the beer benches she has laughed, cried and experienced countless crazy, funny and touching stories.
Stefan Lukschy was born in Berlin and grew up in Berlin, Munich and Hamburg. He comes from a family of artists. His mother was a painter, stage designer and interior designer, his father a film and theatre actor and director.
During his school years, he studied piano and conducting. At the same time, he developed an interest in literature, photography and film. After studying German language and literature, journalism, philosophy and musicology, he began studying directing at the dffb (German Film and Television Academy Berlin) in 1972.
Curtis Briggs was born in the USA and grew up in Germany. He comes from a family of artists on his mother's side: his grandparents were opera singers, his aunt was an actress and two of his uncles were film directors. After graduating from high school and university, he began his professional career at ZDF, followed by several years as an assistant director. At the same time, he organised concerts and tours and worked closely with the impresario Fritz Rau. This led to the first tours with Sting and Police.
After studying ‘Journalism and German Studies’, Oliver Kalkofe began his career in 1991 at the radio station ffn with the cult format 'Frühstyxradio'. He quickly became one of the best-known audiobook and dubbing voices in Germany thanks to his versatile vocal talent and has lent his voice to countless film and television characters. Oliver Kalkofe's passion for film led him to write the screenplays for the successful cinema films ‘Der Wixxer’ and ‘Neues vom Wixxer’, in which he also played a leading role himself.
Erin Wilde, born in 1987 in the south of Germany, completed her first series of novels after moving to Bulgaria. Since then, she has been passionate about writing fantasy books and draws inspiration from the Bulgarian mountains for stories, poems and unusual pastry creations.
While the trained media designer successfully publishes books for the Bulgarian market with her partner in her home country, her debut, the first volume of her high-fantasy romance saga Die Pforten von Lopahr will be published in Germany in 2024.
