"Den Verleger macht ein Lächeln verlegen. Aber nicht übertreiben."
In 60 kurzen Prosatexten, formal handelt es sich um Gebrauchsanweisungen oder Rezepte in der Länge von ein oder zwei Sätzen, gibt Martin Ebbertz absurde Anleitungen für den Umgang mit Berufstätigen - dem Museumswärter, dem Friedhofsgärtner, der Bankangestellten, der Straßenbahnfahrerin ...

Martin Ebbertz (born 1962 in Aachen) is a German writer of children's books. He grew up in Pruem (Eifel), and studied Germanistik, Philosophy, and History in Freiburg, Munster and Frankfurt. He lived and worked as a freelance writer first in Frankfurt/Main, then five years in Thessaloniki, Greece. Since spring 2000 Martin Ebbertz has lived with his wife and two children in Boppard on the Rhine River. His first children's book "Josef, der zu den Indianern will" appeared in 1992. His best known book is "Der kleine Herr Jaromir" (2002), which was also translated into Dutch and Chinese.