Dörthe BinkertDörthe Binkert was born in Hagen, Germany. She studied literature, art history, and politics and earned a PhD in literature. For thirty years she was an editor and editor-in-chief for several major German publishing houses. After writing nonfiction boks for years, she published her first novel, Weit übers Meer (published in English as She Wore Only White), in 2008, inspired by an intriguing historical news article. She has a son, and she currently lives in Zurich, Switzerland, where she writes fiction and nonfiction and works as a freelance journalist. Read More Read Less