Her grandfather was the noted Black Forest based painter Karl Hauptmann [de].

She began working for the broadcaster Südwestfunk initially as a writer but in time a director and producer.

Her first book was for children, but her first bestseller was "Suche impotenten Mann fürs Leben" which was made into the film In Search of an Impotent Man [de].

She has written novels in German, and filmscripts and has worked as a TV producer.

[2] In 2005 she started to write a series of books for younger readers with horse related themes.