Martina Anett Köllner was born in Kiel in 1958, lived in Hamburg for ten years, and has been living in Bavaria since 1997. After completing her Master of Arts degree in Romance languages and art history and working in information technology, she began her second career as a writer.In this novel, the author describes a family that runs a grocery store and remains unmolested during National Socialism until events come to a head.This novel is a modified version of her book published in 2020 under the title »Die am Meer wohnen« (Those Who Live by the Sea).Readers can find a sequel to »Butter statt Kanonen« in the second family novel, »Bittersüße Bowle«, also published in 2025.