Thomas Stangl was born in Vienna in 1966. After graduating in philosophy and Spanish he began to publish essays and reviews, and subsequently prose, in newspapers and literary journals. His first novel, Der einzige Ort, was published by Literaturverlag Droschl (Graz) in 2004 and received the aspekte- Literaturpreis for a first novel appearing in German. His two subsequent novels (Ihre Musik, 2006 and Was kommt, 2009) appeared to similar acclaim. Thomas Stangl lives and works in Vienna. (2012)