HARALD GILBERS, born 1970, studied English and history in Augsburg and Munich. He was a television editor before becoming a director for the theater. Germania, his first novel, has been awarded the Glauser Prize for the best crime debut and in 2016, the French Prix Historia for Odins Söhne (Odin’s Sons), also shortlisted for the Festival Polar Cognac Prize for the best international novel in 2016.