Urs Mannhart

Urs Mannhart was born in 1975 in Rohrbach, in rural Switserland. He studied German, English and Philosophy, then worked as a journalist, cycle courier and night watchman. 

His first novel, Luchs (The Lynx) appeared in 2004, followed in 2006 by Die Anomalie des geomagnetischen Feldes südöstlich von Domodossola (The Anomaly of the Geomagnetic Field South-East of Domodossola). 

As a reporter, Mannhart has worked in many countries, including Hungary, Serbia, Kosovo, Romania, Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine. 
He lives in Langenthal and Moutier.