Marc Elsberg
January 3, 1967
Marc Elsberg (real name Marcus Rafelsberger) is a bestselling Austrian novelist and short story writer.
He studied economics and then industrial design in Vienna. Parallel to his studies, he worked in an advertising agency in Vienna, first as a graphic designer and later as a copywriter. During this time he was also a columnist for the Austrian daily Der Standard. In 1995 he moved to Hamburg, where he worked as a creative director in various advertising agencies.
His literary debut was the 2000 novel Saubermann, which was published under his own name Marcus Rafelsberger
In 2003 he returned to Vienna and in 2007 began work on his bestseller Blackout. Marc Elsberg is currently married and lives with his wife in Vienna. He loves reading, cinema, theatre and yoga.