Ulrike Herrmann was born in Hamburg in 1964. She trained as a banker and later as a journalist, and majored in philosophy and history. Since 2000 she has been an economics editor at the left-alternative national daily Die Tageszeitung, in Berlin. A member of the Greens, she appears regularly on German TV and radio, and often gives talks on economic topics at companies, foundations, institutes, and universities. She has previously published four books, which all became bestsellers in Germany.
