Juli Zeh was born in 1974 and lives in Brandenburg. She studied European and International Law and at the German Literature Institute in Leipzig and has worked at the UN in New York and in Krakow. Juli Zeh has won - among others - the Caroline Schlegel Award, German Book Award, Bremen Literature Award, Rauris Literature Award, Hölderlin Award for Emerging Talent, Ernst Toller Award, Carl Amery Award, as well as the international Per Olov Enquist Award and the French Prix Cévennes for Best European Novel.Eagles and Angels, which was translated into 30 languages, was longlisted for the international IMPAC Award.