How did I come to writing? The reason is: I bought a book :-) I don't want to say that this was my first book. I like reading and I have read thousands of books, mostly books of suspense or science fiction. The reason I bought this special book was its exciting theme. Then I read it - and it was so boring. I thought: Such a wast of a good idea. You can do it better. So I began to write - and I hope it really is better. (Write me, if it is.)When Amazon opened the platform for self-publishers in Germany I took the chance and it worked pretty good:*I won the crime story price of the Frankfurt New Press (A very big newspaper group in my area).*With my short crime stories, I climbed up to the top of the rankings (#1 and #2 in Amazon Kindle Shop German Crime).*"The Screw on the Moon" (German version) was ranked as the best science fiction book in the German Kindle Shop. On several platforms it got more than fifty 4- and 5-Star reviews.I am proud to have Alan N. Shapiro as the translator of my book. Alan is scientist, author and professional translator.Now I hope you will enjoy my first translated book.