Career
His debut novel Kino was published in 2012 by Atticus Books. Jürgen received his doctorate from the Center for Writers at the University of Southern Mississippi. He was a longtime associate editor for fiction at Review Web (now Blip Magazine), and has taught English and Creative Writing at USM and Manhattan’s Laboratory Institute of Merchandising.
In 1996, Jürgen founded Der Brennende Busch, one of the first German-language literary web magazines.
His short fiction has appeared in Berkeley Fiction Review, Louisiana Petite Zine, Eclectica, Vestal Review, Chiron Review, Blue Moon Review, among others He has written for Wiesbadener Kurier, New York Newsday, Flavorpill, and The Huffington Post, and he is a long-time film critic for About.com
He lives in Berlin.
