Martin Suter

Martin Suter (born 29 February 1948 in Zürich) is a Swiss author.

He became known for his weekly column Business Class in the Weltwoche newspaper (1992–2004), now appearing in the Tages-Anzeiger, and another column appearing in "NZZ Folio".

Suter has published fourteen novels, written four stage plays, and seven screenplays, for which he received various awards.

Suter worked previously as a copywriter and creative director in advertising before he decided to fully concentrate on his writing career in 1991.

He achieved his break-through with his novel Small World in 1997, which was published by Diogenes Verlag.