Timur Vermes

Timur Vermes was born in 1967 in Nuremberg. His mother is German; his father fled from Hungary in 1956. After graduating from school Vermes studied history and political science in Erlangen. He became a journalist and wrote for, among other publications, the daily newspapers "Abendzeitung" in Munich and "Express" in Cologne, as well as for several magazines.

Starting in 2007 he wrote books as a ghostwriter. In 2012 his debut novel was published, "Look who's back!"; two millions copies have been sold so far. The book and the audio book, read by Christoph Maria Herbst, received extensive acclaim in the media and from literary critics.

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