Thomas Prinz is a seasoned diplomat for Germany with extensive experience of the Asian, particularly, South Asian political landscape.
He served as German Ambassador in Nepal and Bangladesh and as head of the German Institute in Taipei. He has served with aplomb the German foreign ministry in China, Japan, Australia, Indonesia, and Romania, including a couple of international postings in Afghanistan, Kosovo and Sri Lanka for NATO and the EU.
He has published 6 novels in German language – mostly crime stories with a diplomatic background. In Ankunft in Bukarest (Arrival in Bucharest) and Abschied von Jakarta (Farewell to Jakarta) a young female German diplomat investigates two murder cases – one in a post-communist Romania and one in a post-Suharto Indonesia.
His historical novel Der Unterhändler der Hanse (The negotiator of the Hanse) deals with a diplomatic subject – a crime story during the peace negotiations between the city federation of the Hanse and the kingdom of Denmark in 1372. Silber der Ostsee (Silver of the Baltic Sea) is a crime story from the 14th century before the background of the trade with Hering in medieval Europe.
His novel Hundekrieg im Paradies (Dogs war in Paradies) deals with the question how conflicts between neighbours and friends can escalate. Located in a Thai holiday resort a diplomat who served for the UN in the Balkan wars gets dragged into a violent conflict between those who feed stray dogs and those who want to get rid of them.
His first novel Mode Mord und Models (Fashion, Murder, Models) he wrote during his first short-term assignment in Paris – is a crime story in the fashion industry.
