Marc Elsberg (Author) Marc Elsberg is a former creative director in advertising. His debut
thriller the high-concept disaster thriller BLACKOUT became a bestseller and one of the most
successful thrillers of its kind in Germany. He has also given a TEDx talk on the subject of
the horrors of an electrical grid failure. BLACKOUT and his follow-up CODE ZERO were selected
as Scientific Book of the Year in Germany. BLACKOUT was named Thriller of the Month by the
Times. His latest bestselling thriller GREED contains cutting-edge research on the economy.
He lives in Vienna Austria.
