Bestselling author Susanne Popp was born in Speyer am Rhein and grew up in south-west Germany.
She has always been fascinated by the Rhine as a river of myths and legends, as a place of romantic longing and as a transport route from the Alps to the sea.
She says about herself: «Imagination lets us do anything — even travel through time — and novels are a wonderful way to get close to the past. Facts and dates are, of course, important, but it only really becomes exciting once you start to understand how everything connects. I love that challenge. My goal is to turn careful research into history you can truly experience, with lovingly drawn characters and a gripping plot. In my novels, readers should feel at home and be able to dive into a world long gone for a few hours. That’s the joy of reading history up close and personal.»