Georg M. Oswald was born in 1963 in Munich, where he now lives and works as a writer and lawyer. His international breakthrough came with Alles was zählt, which was translated into 10 languages including English. He has received numerous prizes for his work, including the International Prize (2000). Previous works include: Das Loch (Goldmann, 1997); Lichtenbergs Fall (Goldmann, 1999); Alles, was zählt (Hanser, 2000, sold to UK/USA, Brazil, Denmark, France, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Russia, Spain, Sweden); Party Boy (Goldmann, 2001) Translation rights available from Rowohlt Verlag GmbH Hamburger Straße 17 21465 Reinbek Germany Tel: +49 40 72 72 25 7 Email: kristina.krombholz@rowohlt.de Contact: Kristina Krombholz Applications for assistance with translation costs - Germany Rowohlt Verlag was founded by Ernst Rowohlt in 1908. This publishing-house with its various divisions - Rowohlt Verlag, Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag, Wunderlich Verlag and Rowohlt Berlin - is part of the Holtzbrinck group. In 2002 Alexander Fest Verlag merged into Rowohlt. Rowohlt publishes literary fiction, non-fiction and children's books. Authors include Wolfgang Borchert, Elfriede Jelinek, Imre Kertész, Helmut Krausser, Klaus and Erika Mann, Robert Musil, Péter Nádas, Herta Müller, Peter Schneider, Kurt Tucholsky and many others.