Wolf Haas
1960
Wolf Haas is a well known Austrian writer who is widely popular for writing the crime fiction novels. He is also famous for doing the characterization of the famous protagonist Simon Brenner. Among the crime fiction novels written by author Haas, 3 have been made into movies. He has also many prizes and prestigious awards for his excellent works, including the highest German award for fiction novels. Author Haas was born on December 14, 1960 in Maria Alm am Steinernen Meer, which comes under the Austrian province of the state of Salzburg in Germany. After completing his graduation from the university, Haas began working in an advertising agency as a copywriter. Simultaneously, he used to work on the stories of his novels. Eventually, Haas went on to write a total of 7 detective stories between the years 1996 and 2003. Six of his first seven detective novels featured the character of Simon Brenner as the main protagonist.