Born in 1965 in Thalwil, Switzerland, Monica Cantieni lives in Wettingen and Vienna. She is head of Multimedia in the Culture Department of Swiss Radio and Television. She debuted as a writer with Hieronymus’ Kinder (‘Hieronymus’ Children’) in 1996. The German edition of The Encyclopaedia of Good Reasons was shortlisted for the prestigious Swiss Book Prize in 2011.