Hilke Rosenboom was born on Juist in 1957. She studied linguistics in Kiel and attended journalism school in Hamburg. She worked as a reporter for “Stern” for 15 years. From 1995, she published many novels for adults and stories for children as a freelance journalist. She was married and lived with her husband and two children in Hamburg and East Frisia. Hilke Rosenboom died in August 2008.