Katja Maybach

Katja Maybach wrote her first novel and short stories at the age of twelve. Alongside her early passion for writing, she was interested in fashion and, at fifteen, won a designer award from a major German women’s magazine for an evening-gown design. At seventeen, she went to Paris, where she first worked as a model for a couture house and later as a designer. After a serious illness, she turned to writing novels. Her debut novel, *Eine Nacht im November*, was a major success and became a bestseller in France.