Christian Helm was born in Munich in 1972. After long periods of living and working in the US, Paris and London, he moved back to Munich in 2002. His first collection of short stories was published under the title Das System der Äpfel (Caballus 2011). “Der Clown Glügligmach”, translated as “Clown Cheeryouup”, is one of the stories in this book. Christian Helm is now working on his first novel, which is planned to be published in 2013. (2012)