<p>My name is Jörn Holtz, and I was born in 1969 in Kiel, where I still live today with my wife. Since completing my training, I have worked in the IT sector and currently share responsibility for global technical support for a product that requires detailed explanation. My duties include advising customers and conducting training sessions for employees and partners worldwide.</p><p>The idea for my book series <em>Metamour</em> came to me in 2008, during an unexpected period of unemployment. My American employer had abruptly decided to shut down its EMEA branch, leaving me in the midst of a transitional phase. At the same time, the media was filled with reports about the "Summer of Love," which had taken place 40 years earlier. That was when a question occurred to me: What would happen if a stressed IT specialist, teetering on the edge of burnout—or perhaps already past it—encountered a laid-back hippie child?</p><p>This question stayed with me. Time and again, I found myself dreaming of this scenario until I eventually decided to turn it into a story. Since then, I have been working as an independent author alongside my primary career, publishing my works through self-publishing.</p>
