Felix Schiller was born 1986 in Weißenburg. He studied philosophy, history and German studies in Freiburg, Basel, Vienna and La Paz. He co-founded the reading series zwischen/miete. Junge Literatur in WGs and worked as a freelance organizer and editor for the Literaturhaus Stuttgart and the Haus für Poesie Berlin, among others. He was a finalist at the 22nd and 24th open mike and has received various prizes and grants for his poetry, most recently from the Atelier Mondial in Paris.