Bettina Kenney was born in the land of poets and thinkers, ancient forests, and fairy-tale castles - Germany. A childhood in England may account for her love of British television, her fondness for the smell of gas cookers, and her unapologetic use of the Oxford comma in whichever of her five working languages she happens to be writing. She trained as a competitive gymnast, dancer, singer, and mus... show more