Megumi Maria Loy was born in Japan but grew up mainly in Germany and has been working as a freelance artist under the name Megumi_M for several years. Her focus is on figurative representations in different styles that bring together the aesthetics of two cultures. She is particularly fond of conveying emotions and personalities and utilising the possibilities of modern media to create both digital paintings and animations. Since 2019, you can watch her create her works on Twitch (www.twitch.tv/megumi_m) and elsewhere.

Anja Tsokos was born in a country that no longer exists. At least that's the answer she gives her children when they ask her about it. She was born in 1973 in Oschatz, Saxony. At the age of six, her family moved to Moscow as her parents were working in the diplomatic service of the GDR. Shortly before reunification, the family returned to East Germany. Anja Tsokos has lived in Berlin since the 1990s, where she met forensic scientist Michael Tsokos, whom she married in 2010.

Dr. Ulrike Bossmann is a psychologist, systemic therapist, positive psychology coach and author. She has a doctorate in dealing with dilemmas, has been coaching and training executives and private individuals for over ten years, and has published her research on resilience in everyday (professional) life in numerous articles and books. On the online platform soulsweet, she advises people on mental health issues and makes scientifically proven strategies for increasing well-being flexibly accessible from anywhere and at any time.

Anton Börner was President of the Federation of German Wholesale, Foreign Trade and Services until October 2020, with a brief interruption from mid-2017 to mid-2019. For him, the international dissemination of the principles of the social market economy, the strengthening of intercultural exchange and the continuation of the dialogue between politics, business and the church are important topics of our time.

Dr. Tanja Kinkel, born 1969 in Bamberg. Studied German language and literature, drama and communication studies, 8 cultural and literary awards, since 2021 recipient of the Bavarian Order of Merit. Scholarships in Rome, Los Angeles and at the script writing class in the Munich University of Television and Film, Munich; guest lecturer at colleges and universities in Germany and abroad, President of the International Feuchtwanger Society. Tanja Kinkel's oeuvre includes 20 novels with a print run of over 7 million; her books have been translated into 15 languages.

Dark stories and the darkness of history lie close together for Iver Niklas Schwarz. Whether as a thriller writer or as an archaeologist under his real name: Wherever Iver sets his tools to work, he encounters riddles and secrets, mysteries and hidden things - and sometimes even death.
Iver Niklas Schwarz lives with his wife and two tomcats in the heart of Germany on a farm that has experienced unnatural deaths, an epidemic and a major fire in the last hundred years. In addition to his work as a novelist, Iver is also active as a story provider for crime and escape games.

Martin Ehrenhauser, born 1978 in Linz, is a former EU Member of Parliament and author. He lives in Brussels and Linz.