Thomas Glavinic was born in Graz, Austria. He is the author of several novels, essays, short stories, radio-plays and articles. His novel, Der Kameramörder, was awarded the Friedrich Glauser Prize for Crime Fiction 2002. His new book, Wie man leben soll, scheduled for publication this spring, has already been warmly praised by the jury of the Alfred Döblin Prize. Previous works include: Carl Haffners Liebe zum Unentschieden (Volk & Welt, 1998, sold to France, Japan & UK); Herr Susi (Volk & Welt, 2000); Der Kameramörder (Volk & Welt, 2001. Rights with dtv) 'Life and how to live it: a modern-day Everyman fights his way through the sequence of catastrophes that we call youth. A screamingly funny, deadly serious, magnificent novel' Daniel Kehlmann Translation rights available from Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag GmbH & Co.KG Friedrichstr. 1a 80801 Munich, Germany Tel: +49 89 38167 125 E-mail: rights@dtv.de Contact: Constanze Chory Applications for assistance with translation costs - Austria Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag (dtv) is one of the most important publishers of paperbacks in the German language. Founded in 1961 by a group of publishing houses who jointly wished to publish their hardback books in paperback at a later stage, dtv has also developed an important list of titles in original editions, which now represent some 30 percent of its publications, the best known being the dtv-atlases. Other quality paperback lists include contemporary fiction, classics, human and natural sciences, reference and dictionaries, self-help manuals, and a strong junior and young adult list.