Background
Day was born in Graz, Austria, in November 1940. Her father, Ernst Seiler, was a member of the Nazi S.S. She spent the last two years of the war on her grandmother"s farm.
Day was born in Graz, Austria, in November 1940. Her father, Ernst Seiler, was a member of the Nazi S.S. She spent the last two years of the war on her grandmother"s farm.
In 1957, as a high school student, she participated in the AFS exchange program, living with an American family for one year and attending Eastwood High School in Syracuse, New York, United States of America. lieutenant was during this time that the affair happened that is portrayed in 9½ Weeks. In 1978 she published the book 9½ Weeks under a pseudonym. In 1980 she published her memoir Ghost Waltz.
They moved to Ashland, Oregon shortly after the wedding.
She committed suicide on May 18, 2011, aged seventy. Her infirm husband died four days later.
