Hardy Crueger, born in the 1960s in the city of Oldenburg studied history and sociology in Braunschweig (Lower Saxony, Germany), where he now lives as a freelance writer. In addition to thrillers and suspense short stories, he also writes novels on historical themes. So far, more than twenty of his books have been published. In 2021 Crueger received a literary scholarship from the city of Braunschweig.