Martin Gülich born in 1963, lives in Freiburg where he has been a full-time writer since 1997, after quite a different career in engineering. His writing has won him many awards, most recently the Thaddäus Troll-Award (2003) and at the MDR Literature Competition (2004). Previous works include: Bagatellen (short prose), 2003, edition selene; Vorsaison (novel), 2001, zu Klampen, now Schöffling & Co.; Bellinzona, Nacht (novel), 1999, zu Klampen, now Schöffling & Co. Translation rights available from Schöffling & Co. Kaiserstr. 79 60329 Frankfurt am Main, Germany Tel: +49 69 920 787 16 E-mail: kathrin.scheel@schoeffling.de Contact: Kathrin Scheel Applications for assistance with translation costs - Switzerland Schöffling & Co. is an independent publishing house that was founded in 1964. Focusing on contemporary German fiction, with authors such as Eva Demski, Burkhard Spinnen, Markus Orths, Inka Parei, Franziska Gerstenberg and Juli Zeh, Schöffling is now the ‘publishing house that plays a significant role in shaping Germany’s literary future’ (Der Spiegel).