Born and brought up in Germany, Imogen Herrad has also lived in Wales, London and Argentina. She writes in German and English. Her short stories and articles (in English) have been published in magazines and anthologies in Wales, Canada and the US. Her documentary programmes for German public radio (in German) include pieces about Mary Magdalene, Toussaint L'Ouverture, Zora Neale Hurston, the Mapuche people of Patagonia; and the cultural histories of sheep, dragons, the apple and hermaphrodites, respectively. She lives in Cologne and Cardiff.