Elke Schuster lives in Austria with her husband, a painter, and their daughters. She studied Romance philology and English and American Studies in Salzburg, Venice, and London, culminating in her dissertation on 'Machiavelli under the Perspective of Greek and Latin Historiography'. After a career in marketing and the birth of her two daughters she founded a successful translation business. The Arash books are her first novels. Her official website can be found at www.arashbooks.com, www.elkeschuster.com