Eva Baronsky was born in 1968 and grew up in the German region of Rheingau. After studying interior design and marketing communication she worked as a journalist, a jam saleswoman, a graphic designer and as a communication coach. Today, she writes novels, plays, libretti and essays. Baronsky has been awarded the Hölderlin-Förderpreis of the City of Bad Homburg for her debut novel Herr Mozart wacht auf. Following that, she wrote Magnolienschlaf (2011), Manchmal rot (2015) and Herr Mozart feiert Weihnachten (2017). In 2019 her play based on Herr Mozart wacht auf premiere at the Next Liberty in Graz.