Marc Elsberg is an Austrian bestselling author and internationally successful thriller expert. With the success of “BLACKOUT” and “ZERO”, he has established himself in politics and business as a sought-after expert and driving force on the topics of energy, IT security and modern society.

Before becoming a master of scientific thrillers, Marc Elsberg was a strategy consultant and creative director for advertising in Vienna and Hamburg and a columnist for the Austrian daily newspaper “Der Standard”.

He is one of the few German-language authors of the recent past to have succeeded in attracting international attention with his descriptions of real-life threat scenarios and a subtle blend of fiction and reality. Suspense and action coupled with facts and background information are Elsberg’s ingredients for his now five bestsellers, which have been translated many times and won international awards.

Marc Elsberg always writes with his finger on the pulse of the times and his intensive research makes him an expert on the topics he writes about. He succeeds in making complex issues understandable and comprehensible for everyone. He is regarded as a thought leader who transforms realistic future scenarios into gripping books and opens up new perspectives on controversial topics of our time.