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Christoph Keller

— novelist, essayist, storyteller. Here you’ll find his books, his thoughts, and the stories that continue to unfold.

On November 11, 2025, Swiss-American writer Christoph Keller’s novel RIVER AN AMERICAN DREAMING will see the light of day. Written in English, this absorbing New York mytho-thriller is a satire on modern-day society, a love story and an antidote to today’s USA.

I Was Born by the River

The snake found us before the book did. Before the myth. Before the title. We were just looking for an apartment. It was 2002. Jan and I were living... Read More

RIVER
AN AMERICAN DREAMING

A buried river, a legendary snake, and a nation dreaming itself into madness—RIVER is a hallucinatory excavation of the American experiment.

Self-Interview with the Author

Conducted by the author in St. Gallen, after completing his novel
RIVER: An American Dreaming.

What Moves Me/Bio

Wherever there’s an edge—pain, humor, identity—I follow it, weaving stories of rebels, dancers, and the ordinary-turned-extraordinary. My fiction asks uncomfortable questions and invites you to join the dance.

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