Wolf Haas was born in 1960 in Maria Alm in the Steinerne Meer mountain range in Austria. He became famous for his crime novels featuring the private detective Brenner. This successful series was awarded the German Crimewriters' Prize, the Burgdorf Crimewriters' Prize and the Literature Prize of the City of Vienna. The novels have been translated into a number of languages and filmed for the cinema. Wolf Haas lives in Vienna as a freelance author. Previous works include: Auferstehung der Toten (Rowohlt, 1996); Der Knochenmann (Rowohlt, 1997); Komm, süßer Tod (Rowohlt, 1998); Silentium! (Rowohlt, 1999); Wie die Tiere (Rowohlt, 2003); Das ewige Leben - (Hoffmann und Campe, 2003) Translation rights available from: Hoffmann und Campe Verlag Harvestehuder Weg 42 20149 Hamburg, Germany Tel: +49 40 44188281 Email: valerie.schneider@hoca.de Contact: Valerie Schneider Applications for assistance with translation costs - Austria Hoffmann und Campe Verlag was founded in 1781 by Benjamin Gottlob Hoffmann and his son-in-law August Campe. The family firm was Heinrich Heine's publisher. Despite changing hands several times during the first half of the twentieth century, the firm managed to retain its liberal traditions. The international fiction list includes the complete works of Siegfried Lenz, as well as works by Doris Lessing, V.S. Naipaul, Andreï Makine, Irina Korschunow, John Grisham and Patricia Cornwell. The non-fiction lists include philosophy, politics, economics, music and theology.