Maja Langsdorff, born in Heidenheim/Brenz in 1956, is a trained ballet dancer, photographer and journalist. She has been a freelance journalist and non-fiction writer since 1981, focusing on medicine, psychology and women. Langsdorff is on the board of trustees of the German Eating Disorders Association and a member of working groups on eating disorders in Bremen und Stuttgart. She lives in a small town near Bremen with her husband.
