Erhard, Jan Jan Erhard was born in 1969 in Bochum, Germany, grew up in Rüsselsheim and studied Philosophy and History in Berlin. Since 2003 he has been working on novels about the rise and fall of Angkor, the miracle in Cambodia. His Books are now published in a new edition - and for the first time in English. Jan Erhard lives with his Family in Teltow, Brandenburg.