Oliver Uschmann

Oliver Uschmann wuchs in Wesel am Niederrhein auf. In Bochum studierte er Literatur und in Berlin das Leben. Mit seiner Frau Sylvia Witt veröffentlicht er Jugendromane, Erwachsenenromane sowie lustige und ernste Sachbücher. Auf der Videospielkonsole stellt sich Oliver Uschmann regelmäßig den schwersten Gegnern. Zu seinen Hobbies außerhalb des Hauses gehören das Barfußlaufen und das Guerilla-Gärtnern. Außerdem begrüßt er jedes natürliche Gewässer, indem er vollständig seinen Schädel hineinsteckt. Uschmann lebt mit seiner Frau sowie zwei Katern auf einem Dorf im Münsterland.

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Oliver Uschmann grew up in Wesel on the Lower Rhine. He studied literature in Bochum and life in Berlin. With his wife Sylvia Witt, he

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