Anika “Adirana” Erdmann was born in 1977 in Delmenhorst, Germany. She is a graduated industrial engineer. She has among others published about the representation of women in cinema and television advertising, and cross-cultural differences between Holland and Germany. One of her several interests is Geocaching. Others are her new musical saw, going to the cinema, surfing, chatting, writing poems and many more. She loves to meet new people and doing new things.