Elke currently lives in Vienna, Austria, and in London. She studied Romance philology and English and American Studies in Salzburg, Venice, and London, culminating in her dissertation on ‘Machiavelli under the Perspective of Greek and Latin Historiography’.  After a career in marketing and the birth of her two daughters she founded a successful translation business. Elke loves books, modern art, travelling, shopping with her daughters and walking her dogs in Hyde Park.