Liliane Lerch, born in Lausanne, Switzerland, in 1955, writes for various publications in Switzerland. Her weekly column “Coyote Corner” about her desert life was running for over four years (Basler Zeitung). Prior to that Liliane Lerch was a copywriter and creative director in advertising. She started her writing career as an art critic.
Liliane Lerch has lived in Venice and Twentynine Palms, California since 1996. Datura is her first novel.