ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Daniel Speck is one of Germany’s bestselling authors and screenwriters. His first novel, Bella Germania, published in 2016 and translated into several languages, including English (as Anywhere but Home), spent eighty-five weeks on Der Spiegel’s bestseller list and was that year’s most success-ful German debut work of fiction. Speck is the recipient of the Grimme Prize and the Bavarian Television Prize.


Author Photograph: Copyright © 2026 Nell Killius.