Patrick Süskind was born in Ambach, near Munich, in 1949. He studied medieval and modern history at the University of Munich. His first play, The Double Bass, was written in 1980 and became an international success. It was performed in Germany, in Switzerland, at the Edinburgh Festival, in London, and at the New Theatre in Brooklyn. His first novel, PERFUME became an internationally acclaimed bestseller. He is also the author of THE PIGEON and MR. SUMMER'S STORY, and a coauthor of the enormously successful German television series "Kir Royal." Mr. Süskind lives and writes in Munich.

Books by Patrick Suskind

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

Written by Patrick Suskind and translated by John E. Woods - Fiction, Suspense, Thriller

In the slums of eighteenth-century France, Jean-Baptiste Grenouille is born with one sublime gift --- an absolute sense of smell. As a boy, he apprentices himself to a perfumer who teaches him the ancient art of mixing oils and herbs. But Grenouille's genius is such that he becomes obsessed with capturing the smells of objects such as brass doorknobs and frest-cut wood. Then one day he catches a hint of a scent that will drive him on an ever-more-terrifying quest to create the "ultimate perfume" --- the scent of a beautiful young virgin.