Petra Hardt was born in 1954 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. After a degree in Romance studies in Paris and Freiburg she has been working as a rights dealer for German publishing houses for 40 years. Sie has been writing and lecturing on the subject of international publishing at German universities and abroad. Since November 2019 Petra Hardt is working as a freelance writer, and since June 2020 a grandmother of three.