Lona Rietschel was born on September 21, 1933 in Reppen, Pomerania, Germany [now Rzepin, Lubuskie, Poland]. She was a writer, known for
Abenteuer mit den Abrafaxen (1980),
The Abrafaxe: Under the Black Flag (2001) and
Dig, Dag und Ritter Runkel (1995). She was married to Kurt Rietschel. She died on December 19, 2017 in Berlin, Germany.