Rainer Maria Schröder was born in Rostock in 1951 and grew up in East Berlin. His family moved to West Germany shortly before the Berlin Wall was built. Schröder studied opera singing for three years as well as theatre arts, film and television studies in Cologne.
Since 1977 he has been a full-time freelance writer. After the publication of his first successful books he settled in the USA and undertook many adventurous journeys.
Rainer M. Schröder writes for teenage and adult readers. For young readers he publishes meticulously researched and suspensefully written adventure novels. His "Abby Lynn" series has been particularly successful.
Many of his works have received awards. His books have been translated into 10 languages.
Rainer M. Schröder now lives in Florida.