Torsten Woywod

Torsten Woywod (born 1981) trained as a bookseller and worked in online marketing. In 2011, he moved into the administration of Mayersche Buchhandlung, where he was responsible, among other things, for online marketing and the book community wasliestdu.de. In 2015, he initiated the project “Around the World in 100 Bookshops,” travelling to bookshops in Europe and on other continents. He received the Börsenblatt Young Excellence Award in 2015 and a BuchMarkt Award in the online marketing category in 2017 for his contribution to the book world. In 2021, he became head of marketing at DuMont Buchverlag. Together with his partner, he founded the publishing house WOYWOD & MEURER. Its debut, Leonard und Paul, became a SPIEGEL bestseller; Woywod’s first novel, Mathilde und Marie, followed.