Franz Kafka was a German-speaking writer from Prague whose work became one of the foundations of modern literature, even though he published only a small part of his writing during his lifetime. Born …
Otfried Preußler (sometimes spelled as Otfried Preussler) was a German children's books author. His best-known works are The Robber Hotzenplotz and The Satanic Mill (Krabat).
Wolf Haas is the author of nine books in the bestselling Detective Brenner mystery series, three volumes of which have been made into popular German-language films. Among other prizes, the Brenner boo…
Sebastian Fitzek was born in Berlin in 1971. After going to law school and being promoted to LL.D., he decided against a juridical profession for a creative occupation in the media. After the trainees…
Buzzy Jackson is an award-winning author, historian, and book critic for the Boston Globe and other publications. Buzzy grew up in the American West, moving between Truckee, California and Montana. Sh…
Martin Suter is a Swiss author. He became known for his weekly column Business Class in the Weltwoche newspaper (1992–2004), now appearing in the Tages-Anzeiger, and another column appearing in "NZZ F…
Mariana Leky studierte nach einer Buchhandelslehre Kulturjournalismus an der Universität Hildesheim. 2004 erschien ihr erster Roman Erste Hilfe. 2017 erschien ihr Roman Was man von hier aus sehen kann…
Benedict Wells was born in Munich in 1984. At the age of six he was sent to a state boarding school due to family and other problems at home. Following his graduation from high school in 2003, he deci…
Doris Knecht war stellvertretende Chefredakteurin des Wiener Stadtmagazins «Falter» und Kolumnistin des Schweizer «Tages-Anzeiger». Für den «Kurier» schreibt sie die tägliche Kolumne «Knecht», für den…
Oliver Pötzsch is a German writer and filmmaker. After high school he attended the German School of Journalism in Munich from 1992 to 1997. He then worked for Radio Bavaria. In addition to his profess…
Marah is wife, mum of three children and a writer. She studied history and politics and realised a great dream in 2011 with the publication of her first book. Her work on the SilverMoonSaga was comple…
Caroline Wahl (born 1995 in Mainz) is a German author. Her debut novel, 22 Bahnen, was published in April 2023 by DuMont Buchverlag. After her school days, she studied German studies and German litera…
Wallis' largest sources of joy are science and fairytales. She tries to weave elements of both into every story she writes. She studied Planetary Science and Molecular Biology at the University of Col…
