Valerie Fritsch

born in Graz in 1989. She has published two novels as well as several pieces for literary magazines and radio. She has also produced texts for the theatre and for film. Numerous awards and literary scholarships, most recently a government scholarship awarded by the Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, the Arts and Culture (BMUKK). She has travelled all over the world, from Africa to the wild east and also worked as a photographer. Her novel »Winters Garden« is due to be published in 2015.