Barbara Pachl-Eberhart, born in Vienna, studied flute at a music and art college, and then was certified as a teacher. In 2000 she began working as a clown with the Red-Nosed Clown Doctors, and has been a songwriter for children and choirs. A tragic event in her life brought her to writing: in 2008 her husband and her two children were killed in a car accident. Her two bestsellers Four Minus Three and Why You? testify to the power that writing can awaken even in the midst of an existential life crisis. After her training in poetic- and biblio-therapy, the author has been endeavouring to pass on this strength to others.