Professor Wolfgang Sofsky is a sociologist, journalist and writer. He was professor of Sociology at Göttingen and Erfurt Universities, and contributes regularly to papers such as Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Die Welt etc. His habilitation »The Order of Terror« was awarded the prestigious Geschwister-Scholl Prize in 1993. In 2015 he is the inaugural winner of the Holbach Prize for his lifetime achievements as a writer. His books have been translated into several languages. Agent: Christian Dittus Books ABGRÜNDE Einfälle, Ausfälle, Gedankenfälle Essays CreateSpace (January 2016)348 pp [...]

Edgar Snow (1905-1972) was an American journalist known for his books and articles about the Communist revolution in China. He was the first Western journalist to interview Mao Zedong, and is best known for his book »Red Star Over China« (1938), an account of the Chinese Communist movement from its foundation until the late 1930s. During the McCarthy years it became increasingly difficult for Snow to publish in the USA. He moved to Switzerland in 1959 after writing his autobiography »Journey to the Beginning« (1958). In »The Long Revolution« (1972), published posthumously, he wrote about his last trip [...]

HOLGER SIEMANN was born in Leipzig in 1962. He studied philosophy at Humboldt University in Berlin, was an officer in the GDR army, and worked as an actor, social worker, social scientist, and journalist. He is the author of several radio plays, radio features, and libretti, as well as two novels. Holger Siemann lives in Berlin and in rural Uckermark north of Berlin. www.schreiberey.de Agent: Christian Dittus Books DAS WEISZHEITHAUS Ein Jahrhundertroman Novel Dörlemann (2017) 730 pp HE WEISZHEIT HOUSE Novel of a Century Like the [...]

Alexandra Senfft worked as Middle East aide in the German Parliament, as an observer for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Israeli occupied Westbank and as UNRWA spokeswoman in the Gaza Strip during the First Intifada. She was also a TV-journalist. She published »Schweigen tut weh. Eine deutsche Familiengeschichte« (2007) about the NS-past of her grandparents (Deutscher Biographiepreis [German Biography Award] 2008). In 2009 she portrayed Palestinians and Israelis in dialogues in »Fremder Feind, so nah« (edition Körber-Stiftung). Senfft writes for diverse daily newspapers, political journals and online publications – in German [...]

Peter Schwindt studied German and Comparative Literature at Bonn University. He was comics editor for a large publishing house, and developed computer games. In the 1990s he began to write screenplays for film and television and radio plays for children. His first books for children, the time travel series Justin Time, was translated into several languages. In 2010 he published his first adult novel. Agent: Antonia Fritz Bücher FINSTERBROOK Vier Freunde und ein Höllenhund Middle grade Sauerländer (2021) 268 pp illustr. FINSTERBROOK Four  Friends and a [...]

Reto U. Schneider is deputy editor-in-chief of Folio, the monthly magazine of Neue Zürcher Zeitung. Before that he was science editor at Swiss news magazine Facts, and Knight-Science-Journalism-Fellow at MIT in Boston. He is a multiple award-winning science journalist, and the author of several books. www.retouschneider.ch Agent: Peter S. Fritz Books DIE KUNST DES KLUGEN STREITGESPRÄCHS Wer diskutieren will, sollte diese Regeln kennen Ein Crashkurs in Vernunft Kösel Verlag (2023) 160 pp THE ART OF THE SMART DEBATE A Crash Course in Reason "I'm not arguing, [...]

Ulrich Schmid studied English Literature, History, and Political Science at Zurich University and at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia, USA. His dissertation was about the financing of electoral campaigns in the USA and in Switzerland. From 1983 to 1987 he was a journalist for Swiss news agency SDA. He became a foreign correspondent for Neue Zürcher Zeitung in 1987, with postings in Moscow, Washington, Beijing, Prague, and Berlin. Agent: Peter S. Fritz Books ASCHEMENSCHEN Novel Eichborn Berlin (2006) 396 pp ASH PEOPLE Three people meet in [...]

Dr. Herrad Schenk studied Economics and Social Sciences in Cologne and York (England). From  1972 to 1980 she was research assistant at the Institute for Social Psychology at Cologne University. In 1975 she obtained her Ph.D. with a thesis in the field of social gerontology. Since 1980 she dedicates her time to writing novels and non-fiction books. www.herrad-schenk.de Agent: Antonia Fritz Books DIE FRAU VON GEGENÜBER Novel Insel (November 2017) THE WOMAN OPPOSITE Irene Voigt and the retired university professor Rüdiger Wolters have been neighbours for [...]

Dr. Annette Schäfer studied economics in Cologne and Dublin and wrote her dissertation on “short termism in the stock market”. She also read up intensively on psychological research. For over 15 years, she has been working as a freelance journalist. Her articles on the subjects of psychology, biography and the economic world have appeared in Psychologie heute, Gehirn & Geist, Scientific American Mind, Brand eins, Wirtschaftswoche and Financial Times Deutschland. Besides, she is the author of a non-fiction book, a biography and a collection of scientist profiles. She lives in Chicago and Cologne. www.annette-schaefer.net Agent: Dörthe Binkert, [...]