Andreas Salcher

In 1985 Salcher started his political career as Chairman of the Youth Wing of the Vienna ÖVP.

After a meeting with Karl Popper in London, Salcher founded Austria’s first school for the highly gifted in 1998.

Since then he has been Executive Vice President of the Association of the "Sir Karl Popper School", which regards itself as a learning system that makes mistakes, admits them, reflects on them, and endeavors to correct them along the lines of trial and error.

In 2009 his work The Talented Kid and His Enemy won him the Austrian literary award "Favorite Book 2009" and the title "Writer of the Year".

1 bestsellers, with the first two each exceeding sales numbers above 50,000 in Austria and therefore being awarded with the "Platinum Book" by the Austrian Publishers' and Booksellers' Association in May 2012.