Claudia Konrad, born in 1965 in Göttingen as a descendant of Baron Johannes Benjamin Konrad von Budzinski, initially wrote motorcycle travelogues, short stories, and crime fiction in self-publishing.
Since 2017, she has been an author with pinguletta Verlag.
The crime series “Welle Investigates” includes: “Boundless Intrigues” (Volume 1 of the Wellendorf–Renz/Trollinger team), followed by Volume 2, “Black Villa,” and Volume 3, “Pitch-Black Days.”
Konrad is a founding member of Goldstadt-Autoren e.V., where she also served on the board. She is a member of the Pforzheimer Kulturrat e.V. (Literature Section) and of Mörderische Schwestern e.V., Baden-Württemberg.
The author has numerous publications in anthologies and professional journals, as well as several self-published books.