Born and raised in Germany and educated in London and at UCLA, Andrea Schulte-Peevers has travelled the distance to the moon and back in her visits to some 75 countries, but her favourite place in the world is still Berlin. She's written about her native country for two decades and authored or contributed to some 80 Lonely Planet titles, including all editions of this guide, the Discover Germany guide, the Berlin city guide and Pocket Berlin.
Having lived for six years in the Black Forest, Kerry Christiani returned to this neck of the woods (her second home) to write her chapters. Summer hikes in the forest, bike rides on Lake Constance and going on the trail of Mozart and Maria in Salzburg kept her busy for this edition. A well-established travel-guide author, Marc Di Duca has explored many corners of Germany over the last 25 years, but it's to the quirky variety and friendliness of Bavaria that he returns most willingly.
When not hiking Alpine valleys, eating snowballs in Rothenburg ob der Tauber or brewery-hopping in Bamberg, he can be found in Sandwich, Kent, where he lives with his wife, Tanya, and their two sons. Catherine Le Nevez: Catherine's wanderlust kicked in when she first roadtripped across Europe - including Germany - aged four, and she's been roadtripping here ever since, completing her Doctorate of Creative Arts in Writing, Masters in Professional Writing, and post-grad qualifications in Editing and Publishing along the way.
Catherine has worked as a freelance writer for many years and over the last decade-plus she's written scores of Lonely Planet guides and articles covering destinations all over Germany, Europe and beyond.
