Romy Hausmann born in 1981, worked as a TV journalist before she wrote herself straight to the top of German suspense literature with her thriller debut Liebes Kind (Dear Child) in 2019. She has established herself as a successful writer of thrillers as well as of non-fiction titles. Her books regularly climb the bestselling lists, are being turned into films and series and have been translated into more than 26 languages. Romy Hausmann lives with her family near Stuttgart.