Biller, Maxim

Maxim Biller was born in Prague in 1960, and emigrated with his family to Germany in 1970. He is the author of three previous story collections and two novels, "Esra" and "The Daughter". In 1999 he received the Theodor-Wolff-Preis, one of the highest awards for journalists in Germany. Two of his short stories have appeared in "The New Yorker". Maxim Biller lives in Berlin.