About me

Hi there, my name is Anja, I'm a German writer and translator. I used to be an astrobiologist, searching for life on other planets. But writing has always been my passion and the more I learned about today's opportunities in publishing, the more I saw how this dream could become reality. So, after 1.5 years of postdoctoral research in the US, I returned to Germany in 2015 to start out as a freelance translator and author.

I enjoy translating fiction from English to German and since 2015 have helped many authors get their books into German (see my portfolio). For over a year, I've been the assistant of SciFi author David VanDyke, helping him promote his German translations (find his interview here). I also helped other authors such as Tanya Anne Crosby, LJ Ross and Caroline Fyffe with booking promotions, setting up Lovelybooks giveaways, and submitting their book to bloggers. I started this blog in 2015 to share anything about German publishing and marketing that I've been learning.

Apart from that, I'm an author myself and have published my first German novel in March 2016. I write mostly historical novels set in both WWII Germany and 19th century America, so I obviously enjoy translating historical stuff as well.