ARNO GEIGER (*1968) lives in Vienna and Wolfurt. He was awarded the German Book Prize (2005) for his novel ‘We are Doing Fine’, and ‘The Old King in His Exile’ became a bestseller. His most recent publication is: ‘Unter der Drachenwand (2018). He has received, amongst others, the Alemannic Literature Prize (2017), the Bremer Literature Prize (2019) und the Europese Literatuurprijs (2019) awarded in the Netherlands.