William Boyd, born in Ghana in 1952, is one of the outstanding European storytellers of our time. He writes novels, short stories and screenplays and has received numerous awards. His most recent works published by Berlin Verlag are "Ruhelos" (2007), "Einfache Gewitter" (2009), "Nat Tate" (2010), "Eine große Zeit" (2012) and the James Bond novel "Solo". William Boyd lives with his wife in London and Southern France.