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Portrait of Scott Turow Photo: Maja Suslin/TT (2000)

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Turow, Scott

Scott Frederick Turow is an American author born in Chicago, Illinois, where his father was working as a physicist. Both parents were descended from Russian Jews. Turow graduated from Trier High School, Winnetka, Illinois, in 1966 and went on to study at Amherst College, Massachusetts, graduating with a BA in 1970. He won a grant to read creative writing at Stanford University, California, and...

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Portrait image of Sebastian Fitzek Photo: Ola Erikson / Forflex (2016)

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Fitzek, Sebastian

The German author and game constructor Sebastian Fitzek was born in Berlin. After studying at Charlottenburger Wald-Gymnasium, he started a course in Veterinary Medicine but dropped out of that after three months. Instead, he concentrated on Law, specialising in copyright law, and receiving a higher degree in 2000. While he was still a student he came into contact with a famous radio station,...

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