Anthony Marais (born 1966, Hollywood, California)[1] is an American writer, musician, and academic.
[1] Marais was graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a bachelor's degree in anthropology, then continued his education in Canada at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, focusing on Polynesian archaeology, where he earned a master's degree in archaeology with a thesis on fortifications in Tonga.
[2][1] Marais studied language and art history in Paris and since 1995 has lived in Germany, during which time he began publishing novels and working as a screenwriter.
He currently teaches English composition and creative writing at the Anglo-American University in Prague.
He played bass guitar for Chamorro artist Maria Yatar in 1991, and in 2008, he co-founded the corporate-punk group The Karmakazees.