W.J. Marko was born in 1963 in Vienna and grew up there. For several years now, I have moved the center of my life to a picturesque village in the Weinviertel in northeastern Austria. The impetus to become an author was given by my German professor at the time, who at the age of 14 advised me to take up the writing trade. I realized this impetus many years later. My big hobby has been photography since my youth.