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Arnon Grunberg (1971) debuted at the age of 23 with the wry, humorous novel novelBlue Mondays, which brought him instant success. Some of his other titles areSilent Extras, The Asylum Seeker,The Jewish Messiah, Moedervlekken(Birthmarks), and Tirza. Under the pseudonym Marek van der Jagt he published the successfulThe Story of my Baldness, andGstaad 95-98, as well as the essay Monogaam (Monogamous). Grunberg also writes plays, essays and travel columns. His work has won him several literary awards, among which the AKO Literature Prize for Phantom Pain and The Asylum Seeker, and both the Libris Literature Prize and the Flemish Golden Owl Award for Tirza. His work has been translated into over 25 languages. He has contributed to numerous international newspapers, includingThe New York Times,Times (London),L'Espresso,andDie Zeit. Arnon Grunberg lives and works in New York. Sam Garrettis a prolific translator of Dutch literature, twice winner of the Society of Authors' Vondel Prize for Dutch-English translation. His 2012 translation ofThe Dinnerby Herman Koch became the most popular Dutch novel ever translated into English.
