Claudia Ley is the pseudonym of a Spiegel bestselling author with German-Italian roots. She also studied in Italy and still maintains her second residence there. She lives with her family in the bubbling heart of London, still practices her profession as an editor and translator with enthusiasm and loves travelling, Italian cuisine including red wine and Juventus Turin.

Alec Martens, born in Belize in 1960, has written thrillers and non-fiction books on explosive scientific and social topics, including several Top 10 bestsellers. With a doctorate in humanities and social sciences, he has successfully dabbled as a hermit on an Indonesian island, a matchmaker in Isan, Thailand, a treasure hunter in the Guatemalan jungle, a spin doctor in boardrooms, a VIP whisperer, a trainee in a morgue, and a magician in Haiti, but has found happiness and fulfillment primarily in his books.

Mia Löw studied law and German and worked as a lawyer and assistant director in the theater. Today she writes successful New Zealand sagas, family mystery and romance novels. She lives in Hamburg with her family and dog.

Anne Hertz is the pseudonym of the sisters Frauke Scheunemann and Wiebke Lorenz. Before the author was born in Hamburg in 2006, she was born in Düsseldorf in 1969 and 1972. Fifty percent of her studied law, the other half German and English. After that, 100 percent worked as a journalist. Anne Hertz has an average of 3.5 children, 1.0 husbands and 0.3 pets, she is 170.5 cm tall and weighs - depending on the season - between 58.6 and 69.5 kilograms.

Julia Zweig was born in 1982 and attended the German School of Journalism in Munich. She works under her real name in the feature section of a major German daily newspaper.

Daniel Kohlhaas wa born in Westerwald in 1979. He began writing at an early age and published a few short stories in various crime anthologies before daring to write longer works. Kleine Engel (Little Angels) is based on an idea that he started to form at Sebastian Fitzek’s thriller school. Daniel Kohlhaas lives together with life partner and daughter in a small town in the Oberberg region.

Dirk W. Eilert, born in 1976, is an expert in emotional intelligence and developer of the mimic resonance method. As one of the leading facial expression and body language experts in the German-speaking world, his expertise is regularly in demand on radio, TV and in the print media. Dirk W. Eilert is married and has two daughters. He lives in Berlin, where he runs the Eilert Academy. 

Mikkel Robrahn was born in Northern Germany in 1991. He spent his childhood there playing handball, video games and reading books. He dabbled with various subjects at University, but ended up leaving to enter the gaming industry. For the past few years, he has dedicated himself to writing humorous, fantasy stories. 

Mehwish Sohail was born in Pakistan and grew up in Styria (Austria). She now lives and writes in Vienna.