Bettina Göring, born in Wiesbaden, Germany, trained as a doctor of oriental medicine and practiced in the US for over thirty years. She has explored her family history in various internationally acclaimed documentary films, including Bloodlines, Hitler´s Children or Children of Dictators. She now lives mainly in Portugal. Uncle Hermann is her first book.

Melissa Müller has made a name for herself as an author of contemporary nonfiction. Her books, including Anne Frank: The Biography and, together with Traudl Junge, Until the Final Hour: Hitler’s Secretary, are international bestsellers that have been translated into more than twenty-five languages. The movie Downfall, based on Until the Final Hour, earned a nomination for the Best International Film Oscar. www.melissamueller.de