Andreas Russenberger

Russenberger has been a full-time writer since 2017. His first political thriller "Die Kanzlerin" (The Chancellor) was published in 2018. In 2020, he published his bestselling novel "Paradeplatz", set in the Swiss banking milieu, with Gmeiner-Verlag. His third novel "Bahnhofsstrasse" was published in 2021. Russenberger performs readings throughout Switzerland and is also a guest at major literary festivals such as "Zürich liest". His novels are reviewed in the press (Tages-Anzeiger, Tagblatt der Stadt Zürich Zürichsee-Zeitung, St. Galler Tagblatt etc.). Russenberger lives with his family in Erlenbach on Lake Zurich. He competes as an Ironman athlete all over the world and is a Certified Ironman Coach. He is a member of the Swiss Authors' Association AdS, ProLitteris Switzerland, Kiwanis Zurich and alumni of Zurich and Stanford Universities.

Russenberger grew up in Speicher in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden as the son of a home manager and a nurse. After graduating from the cantonal school in Trogen, he studied history and political science at the University of Zurich. During his studies, he worked as a high school teacher and football coach. He then switched to the financial sector and completed management training at the University of St. Gallen and Stanford University (US). Until 2015, he headed the global asset management of Credit Suisse as managing director and was a board member of Credit Suisse London. He worked in Europe, Asia and the Americas.

Andreas Russenberger (born 1968, Speicher, Switzerland) is a Swiss writer and former bank manager.