Michèle Loetzner was born in 1982 in Heidelberg. She studied literature, English and linguistics at the LMU University of Munich and at the University of Helsinki. She works as a freelance journalist, chief copy writer and conceptional leader for various German newspapers and magazines such as Süddeutsche Zeitung, SZ Magazine, Plan W, Die Welt, Die Zeit, Cosmopolitan, Maxi und Julie. She also works for the developmental editing teams and corporate clusters of Gruner + Jahr, Burda and Condé Nast.