Peter Stephan Jungk was born in California in 1952, but grew up in Vienna and Berlin. Since 1977 he has been an independent writer, based in Paris. Alongside his novels and short stories he has written a biography of Franz Werfel as well as numerous film scripts and radio plays. In 2001 he published his fictional biography of Walt Disney, Der König von Amerika (The Perfect American,) with Klett-Cotta. Previous works, and translations thereof, include: Rundgang, S. Fischer Verlag, 1985; Shabbat – A Rite of Passage in Jerusalem, Random House, N.Y., USA; BZZTôH, Gravenhage, The Netherlands. Franzwerfel, S. Fischer Verlag, 1987; Grove Press, N.Y., USA; Weidenfeld & Nicholson, London, UK; Albin Michel, Paris, France; Sefer, Prague, Czech Republic. Tigor, S. Fischer Verlag, 1991; Other Press, N.Y. USA; The Snowflake Constant, Faber & Faber: the author was nominated in 2003 for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize for this novel, translated by Michael Hofmann. Der König von Amerika (The Perfect American), Klett-Cotta, 2004; Other Press, N.Y., USA; Uitgeverij Atlas, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Translation rights available from: Klett-Cotta Rotebühlstr. 77 70178 Stuttgart Germany Tel: +49 711 66 72 12 57 E-mail: r.knappe@klett-cotta.de Contact: Roland Knappe Applications for assistance with translation costs - Germany Klett-Cotta is a literary and scientific publishing house, with a reputation stretching back to as early as 1659. Cotta was the original publisher of Goethe and Schiller. Klett-Cotta publishes both classical and contemporary fiction by German and foreign authors as well as books on the humanities, psychology, philosophy, history, politics, management, educational theory and ecology. Klett-Cotta authors include Gottfried Benn, Stefan George, Ernst Jünger, J.R.R. Tolkien, Doris Lessing and Seamus Heaney.