Jurgen Kleist is Professor of German at SUNY Plattsburgh, New York. In addition to scholarly contributions, he published Der Zauberer von Wien (novel), Nietzsche in Turin (novella), Zarans Reise (story), Zarathustra's Last Dance (play), The Cartoonist (screenplay), California Dreaming (screenplay), The Magician from Vienna (screenplay), The Kiss of the Green Fairy (screenplay), Dancing with Aunt Lola (short stories), Die Zwillinge und andere Geschichten (short stories) and Eine Liebe in Montreal (poem).