Katja Alves was born in Coimbra/Portugal. She worked in various professions, such as in a bookstore and broadcasting. Today she works as a freelance writer of children’s novels, children’s stories and audio plays. She and her family make their home in Zurich.
Katja Alves’ favourite food includes Portuguese rice cakes she claims are directly related to muffins. She is the author of THE MUFFIN CLUB and THE SUPER SECRET SMALL PAW GANG, both middle grade series published by Arena Verlag.