Frank Goosen

He went the Ruhr University Bochum majoring in history, German studies and political science graduating in 1992 with a Magister degree.

Afterward, he founded the stand up-comedy team Tresenlesen with Jochen Malmsheimer.

They won the Prix Pantheon, a German cabaret award, in 1997[1] but later parted ways.

Since then, Goosen has worked as an author, writing novels that take place in the Ruhr area during the Cold War.

His most popular novel, liegen lernen, Learning to Lie, is a story about a young man in the 1980s and 1990s searching for love.