Karin Beese grew up in a small town in Saxony and studied communication science and mathematics in Dresden. Since 2006, she has been working and campaigning for environmental protection and international cooperation. With HaWandel Verlag, she founded Germany’s first publishing house with a focus on showing diversity as normality in Germany and contributing to the empowerment and discrimination-sensitive upbringing of children. As the author of the Nelly und die Berlinchen series, she inspires young and old listeners throughout Germany.

As of August 2025