Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht was a German poet, playwright, and theatre director. A seminal theatre practitioner of the twentieth century, Brecht made equally significant contributions to dramaturg…
Walter Moers was born in 1957 and is a writer, cartoonist, painter and sculptor. He has refused to be photographed ever since his comic strips The Little Asshole and Adolf were published, the latter l…
Robert Muchamore was born in Islington, London in 1972. He still lives there, and worked as a private investigator up until 2005 and the critically-accepted release of Maximum Security.
Nina Blazon was born in Slovenia (the former Yugoslavia) in 1969. As a child growing up in the Bavarian town of Neu-Ulm, Nina enjoyed exploring the "forbidden" woods in search of dinosaurs, werewolves…
Sven Stricker wurde 1970 in Tönning geboren. Er studierte Komparatistik, Anglistik und Neuere Geschichte und versuchte sich als Musiker und Nachwuchsjournalist. Heute ist er freier Autor und Hörspielr…
DE: Vera Christiane Felscherinow wurde als jugendliche Drogenabhängige zu einer Symbolfigur für die Verbreitung des Drogenmissbrauchs in Deutschland und der damit verbundenen Probleme in der deutschen…
Squat toilets, profuse sweating, jumbo centipedes, ear nibbling—these are just some of the delights I’ve encountered in my global adventures, which inspired my first YA comedic adventure, CARPE DIEM, …
Der Autor Ewald Arenz kam 1965 in Nürnberg zur Welt und studierte englische und amerikanische Literatur und Geschichte. Seit Beginn der 1990er Jahre ist er als Autor tätig und hat neben einigen Glosse…
The brothers Arkady Strugatsky [Russian: Аркадий Стругацкий] and Boris Strugatsky [Russian: Борис Стругацкий] were Soviet-Russian science fiction authors who collaborated through most of their careers…
Alina Bronsky was born in Yekaterinburg, an industrial town at the foot of the Ural Mountains in central Russia. She moved to Germany when she was thirteen. Her first novel, Broken Glass Park, was nom…
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…
Marc-Uwe Kling wurde geboren. Er studierte an der Großen Akademie von Lagado, wie man ein Haus vom Dach her nach unten baut. Er hat über seinen Mitbewohner, ein kommunistisches Känguru, drei kapitalis…
Maria Parr is a writer and high-school teacher. Adventures with Waffles, her debut novel, has been translated into twenty languages and won several awards around the world. Maria Parr lives in Norway …
Ferdinand von Schirach (born 1964 in Munich) is a German lawyer and writer. He published his first short stories at the age of forty-five. Shortly thereafter he became one of Germany's most successful…
Tahereh Mafi is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Shatter Me series. She was born in a small city somewhere in Connecticut and currently resides in Santa Monica, California wi…
Maja Lunde is a Norwegian author and screenwriter. Lunde has written ten books for children and young adults. She has also written scripts for Norwegian television, including for the children’s series…
KARSTEN DUSSE, Jahrgang 1973, Rechtsanwalt, Studium in Bonn, Lausanne und Los Angeles. Nach erfolgreicher Tätigkeit als Drehbuch- und Sachbuchautor wurde sein Debütroman Achtsam morden zum meistverkau…
Anna Dimitrova wurde 1998 in Sofia geboren, wo sie im September 2011 ihren ersten Jugendroman Островът на смъртта (übersetzt: Insel des Todes) veröffentlichte. Im März 2022 beendete sie ihr Drehbuchst…
Lea-Lina Oppermann, geboren 1998 in Berlin, studiert Sprechkunst und Kommunikationspädagogik. Geschichten zu hören, zu lesen und zu erleben hat sie dazu gebracht, selbst mit dem Erzählen anzufangen.
Jasmin Schreiber, geboren 1988, ist studierte Biologin und arbeitet als Schriftstellerin. Ihr Roman MARIANENGRABEN war eines der erfolgreichsten Debüts 2020. Im Wissenschaftspodcast BUGTALES.FM erzähl…
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…
