The author was born in Rutzenmoos and currently lives in Altmünster at lake Traunsee/Austria. Due to her fulfilling life as a mother of six children she started to exercise literary writing. Riki writes down thoughts that are meaningful to her. In her eyes writing is a gift, a faithful and grateful friend, a silent and helping companion. However, she doesn't want to limit herself to a single genre and rather expresses herself in terms of poetry, aphorisms and short prose (sometimes by use of a pseudonym). In addition to nine published books and numerous publications in anthologies, calendars and magazines – within or outside of Austria – some of her lyrics were set to music.