Oliver Bottini was born in 1965. He has received numerous awards for his novels, including the Radio Bremen Crime Prize, the Berlin “Krimifuchs,” the Stuttgart Crime Prize, and six times the German Crime Prize, most recently in 2022 for “Einmal noch sterben.” Other books published by DuMont include “Der kalte Traum” (2012) and “Ein paar Tage Licht” (2014)— recently filmed by ARTE/ZDF as “Algiers Confidential”—as well as the crime novels about Freiburg detective Louise Bonì.<br />Oliver Bottini lives with his family in Frankfurt am Main.