Katharina Hauptmann is a freelance writer by day and a barmaid by night.
While studying Prehistorical Archaeology and Scandinavian Studies in her native country Germany she decided to take part in the Erasmus student exchange program which brought her to Iceland in 2006. After falling passionately in love with Iceland she made her permanent home in Reykjavik and spends her time writing, reading and studying the island's culture.