Martin Auer is an Austrian writer.
He was an actor, a singer-songwriter, a journalist, and a magician, before he published his first book in 1986.
He has been nominated for the Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 1997, and has been made an Honorary Professor in 2005.
His book, Der seltsame Krieg (The Strange War), is available on the Internet in more than 20 languages.
Since 2002, Martin Auer has been a regular contributor to New Delhi's Parenting magazine.