Martin Ebbertz, born 1962 in Aachen / Germany, studied Germanistics, History and Philosophy. After working as a teacher in France for one year he lived in Frankfurt, in Thessaloniki / Greece, Boppard and, since 2015, in again Frankfurt. Martin Ebbertz is present in radio aswell as in literary magazines like Am Erker and Der Rabe. Some of his books, like Der kleine Herr Jaromir (»Little Mr. Jaromir«) oder Onkel Theo erzählt vom Pferd (»Onkle Theo' stories of cock and bull«) gained several prices. For more, please see his homepage www.ebbertz.de. (Portrait above: Christian Kalnbach)