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Born July 16, 1961, in Amstetten, Lower Austria.
Studied Medicine and Psychology in Vienna.
Works as a child and youth psychiatrist.
Writer of short stories and novels that often take his experiences with (traumatized) children and young people as their theme.
Lives in Vienna.

Selected prizes and awards:
- 2000 Austrian State Prize for Literature for Children and Young Adults
- 2001 Elias Canetti Grant
- 2007 German Mystery Prize
- 2009 European Literature Prize

Selected books:
- Über die Chirurgie (On Surgery). Novel. Deuticke, 1993.
- Die Nystensche Regel (Nysten’s Rule). Short stories. Deuticke, 1995.
- Wildwasser (Rapids). Short stories. Deuticke, 1997.
- Caretta Caretta. Novel. Deuticke, 1999.
- Über Raben (On Ravens). Novel. Deuticke, 2002.
- Eine kurze Geschichte vom Fliegenfischen (A Short Story about Fly Fishing). Novella. Deuticke, 2003.
- Die Süße des Lebens. Novel. Deuticke, 2006. (The Sweetness of Life, trans. Jamie Bulloch. London: Maclehose Press Quercus, 2008.)
- Das Matratzenhaus. Novel. Deuticke, 2010. (The Mattress House, trans. Jamie Bulloch. London: Maclehose Press Quercus, January 2012)