Wolf Haas was born in 1960 in Maria Alm am Steinernen Meer. He has received many awards for his literary work, including the Berlin Literature Prize, the Bremen Literature Prize and the Joseph Breitbach Prize.
His novels include Das Wetter vor 15 Jahren (2006), Verteidigung der Missionarsstellung (2012) and Junger Mann (2017) as well as nine Brennerbased thrillers, the last of which was titled Müll (2022).
Wolf Haas lives in Vienna.