Siegfried Langer was born in Memmingen, Germany. He spent eighteen years in Berlin before returning to his hometown in 2014. His first novel, Alles bleibt anders (Everything Is Different), was nominated for the Kurd-Lasswitz Prize and the German Fantasy Prize. His thrillers include Leide (Sorrow), Sterbenswort (Death Word), and Vater, Mutter, Tod (Father, Mother, Death). Reap the Storm is his English debut.