JULIAN BRINK was born in 1988 in Freiburg im Breisgau. After graduating from high school in 2007, he participated in numerous poetry slams in Germany and shortly thereafter began studying »Creative Writing and Cultural Journalism« in Hildesheim. In addition to poetry slams, he had a brief episode as a comedian, with performances from Cologne to Berlin, until he turned his attention to writing for films, series and computer games during his studies.