Thomas Hettche was born in a village at the edge of the Vogelsberg mountains. His essays and novels have been translated into over a dozen languages and have won numerous awards, including the Premio Grinzane Cavour, Wilhelm Raabe Literature Prize, Solothurn Literature Prize and Joseph Breitbach Prize. His novel Heartstring was shortlisted for the German Book Prize 2020 and remained on the SPIEGEL bestseller list for weeks. His books have been translated into numerous languages.
