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Peter Probst
Peter Probst, born in Munich in 1957, studied German and Italian literature as well as catholic theology. Early on he began writing TV scripts for shows such as Tatort and has been awarded multiple prizes for his television plays. He wrote the non-fiction book Verliebt, verlobt … verrückt? (Enamoured, Engaged…Insane?) together with his wife Amelie Fried with whom he lives in Munich. He most recently published the novel Wie ich den Sex erfand (How I Invented Sex, 2020).