Thomas Glavinic , born in 1972, has worked as a taxi driver, farmer and copywriter. His first novel, Carl Haffner's Love of the Draw, made the UK Daily Telegraph Book of the Year list. Der Kameramörder ('The Camera Killer') was awarded Germany's most important crime award, and his most recent book Das bin doch ich was shortlisted for the 2007 German Book Prize. He lives in Vienna.
