I’m Max. A longtime writer finally turned novelist based in Berlin.

In my day job, I leverage my experience as a leader and builder at UP42, where we're creating the leading platform for geospatial data. If you are curious about that part of my life, check out my LinkedIn.

By night — and that's what this website is all about — I'm a novelist and writer who loves diving into “what if” scenarios through the lens of near-future fiction. My stories are set at the intersection of society and technology, aiming not just to entertain, but also to explore what makes us human. I aspire to craft narrative journeys that seek to understand, challenge, and transform our world — one story at a time.

Originally from Munich, I’ve also lived in the States and the Netherlands, before returning to Germany. My wife and I call Berlin our home, where we have spent the past seven years working in the tech sphere. For a long time, writing has just been a hobby of mine, while I spent my days as an Oktoberfest entrepreneur, in different leadership roles in a global non-profit, as an innovator at Germany’s public railway company, and then leading different teams in a major travel tech company.

In the spring of 2023 I decided it's time to take a break from my career race, and use this time to explore my long held desire to write a novel. I discovered a sense of passion and purpose that I had been missing for many years. My writing not only helped me to reconnect with myself, but it allowed me to blend various interests and strengths of mine and turn them into novels that I hope will make a difference in their readers' lives.

I'm just at the beginning of my writer journey, but I know I'll be doing this for the rest of my life. The pure joy of creation, the intense learning journey, but also overcoming the practical challenges of publishing, are incredibly rewarding.