Nicole Bachmann, 1964, lives near Bern. She works as a clinical psychologist at the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland. She has already published works in the Lou Beck series: Double Blind (Salis Verlag, 2008), Incidence (Salis Verlag, 2010), Endstation Bern (Emons Verlag, 2014). She writes radio plays for Swiss radio. Weites Land and Schöner sterben in Bern were published in by emons verlag. Nicole Bachmann breaks new ground with Tagebuch eines Atoms. The novel, written in the first person, tells the story of Béla and Magda, both outsiders whose lives overlap by chance. Tagebuch eines Atoms will be published by Knapp Verlag in autumn 2025.