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