Peter Stamm (Weinfelden, 1963) studied English philology, psychology, psychopathology and computer in Zurich. He has lived long periods in Paris, New York and Scandinavia. Since 1990 he is dedicated to literature. He has written a play and a regular contributor on radio and television. Since 1997 he is editor of the literary magazine Entwürfe für Literatur. Cliff has published his novels Agnes (2001), approximately Landscape (2003), On this day (2007) and seven years (2011), and storybooks Rain Ice (2002), in other people's gardens (2006), The flying (2010) and behind the lake (2014).