Inka Nisinbaum has a knack for beating death. She became the first woman to give birth to a healthy baby after receiving a double lung and liver transplant. No matter what’s thrown her way—like cystic fibrosis, chronic lung rejection, or cancer—Inka fights back with snark, cuss words, and her favorite companion: stubbornness. She has also translated subtitles for MacGyver, ran two half-marathons, and raced new and vintage cars for 2000 km Durch Deutschland. When she’s not defying all odds, she’s writing stories that make room for miracles. She is the author of the German books Ich Bin Noch Da, Emails vom Tod, and Emma und Sam. Inka lives in Colorado with her always-cooking husband and her all-around athletic son.

The Anomaly - Living Off Donated Organs and Dark Humor is her debut English memoir and won first place in The Bookfest Award of 2026 in the category Nonfiction - Memoirs - Transformational. 

Her second English book is a psychological thriller, The Lucky Die in the End. Her master's degree in psychology and her experience of two internships as a prison psychologist bled into it.