Andreas Hock

Andreas Hock was born in Nuremberg in 1974. He studied law in Erlangen but left university after five semesters to pursue journalism. From 1998 onward, he worked for publications including the Nürnberger Zeitung and the Abendzeitung in Munich and Nuremberg. From 2007 to 2011, he was one of the youngest editors-in-chief in Germany at the Abendzeitung. He subsequently worked as a freelance journalist, ghostwriter, and author. His books include Von nix kommt nix – voll auf Erfolgskurs mit den Geissens, Bin ich denn der Einzigste hier, wo Deutsch kann? and Und erlöse uns von den Blöden, co-written with Monika Gruber. Several of his books reached the SPIEGEL bestseller list; Und erlöse uns von den Blöden reached number one. Hock has been a fan of 1. FC Nürnberg since childhood.