Verena Kessler was born in 1988 in Hamburg and lives in Leipzig. Her debut novel, Die Gespenster von Demmin (The Ghosts of Demmin), was nominated for numerous prizes and was awarded the Kranichsteiner Youth Literature Fellowship. Her novel Eva won the literary ‘Der zweite Roman’ prize. Gym is her third novel.

Verena Kessler never tells stories with a raised finger; she does so lightly, amusingly, and comically, and quite wickedly . . . Truly magnificent!

Verena Kessler was born in 1988 in Hamburg and lives in Leipzig. Her debut novel, Die Gespenster von Demmin (The Ghosts of Demmin), was nominated for numerous prizes and was awarded the Kranichsteiner Youth Literature Fellowship. Her novel Eva won the literary ‘Der zweite Roman’ prize. Gym is her third novel.

Verena Kessler never tells stories with a raised finger; she does so lightly, amusingly, and comically, and quite wickedly . . . Truly magnificent!

Verena Kessler was born in 1988 in Hamburg and lives in Leipzig. Her debut novel, Die Gespenster von Demmin (The Ghosts of Demmin), was nominated for numerous prizes and was awarded the Kranichsteiner Youth Literature Fellowship. Her novel Eva won the literary ‘Der zweite Roman’ prize. Gym is her third novel.

Verena Kessler never tells stories with a raised finger; she does so lightly, amusingly, and comically, and quite wickedly . . . Truly magnificent!