Miriam Zeh studied Music, German Literature and Philosophy in Cologne, Paris and St. Louis, Missouri. She is just finishing her PhD on literary labor, while working as a freelance literary critic and host for public radio (Deutschlandfunk and WDR among others). As a founding member of the multimedia project »Books UP!« she is presenting literature to a younger audience on Instagram. She is nominated for the »Young Excellence Award« by the German Publishers and Booksellers Association (Börsenverein des deutschen Buchhandels).

(c) Photo: Christoph Boeckheler