Lorenz Schroter was born in 1960 in Munich, Germany. Over the years he has been a punk musician, written two operas, completed his M.A. in journalism, cycled around the world, lived on a small island in the South China Sea, traveled with a big donkey through Germany, imported 800 vintage handbags from Hong Kong and sold them, written ten books, climbed two of the seven tallest summits (El’brus, Kilimanjaro), run a marathon, and visited 103 countries.