Welcome to the world of

Christoph Keller

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

On October 15, 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.

There is a crack in everything

Long before the Dutch arrived with their dikes and deeds. Before the grid was drawn and the sewer laid. Before the men in boots came to measure madness with clipboards and good intentions... Read More

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.

Welcome to the world of

Christoph Keller

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

On October 15, 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.

There is a crack in everything

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.

Explore the Books

River

An American Dreaming

Blauer Sand

Roman

Every Cripple a Superhero

Und dann klingelst du bei mir

Geschichten in leichter Sprache

Solange die Löwen nicht schreiben lernen

Vom Lesenschreiben der Welt

The Essential June Jordan

Jan Heller Levi and Christoph Keller (ed.)
With a foreword by Pulitzer Prize winner Jericho Brown

Explore the Books

River

Blauer Sand

Every Cripple a Superhero

Und dann klingelst du bei mir

Solange die Löwen nicht schreiben lernen

The Essential June Jordan

Welcome to the world of

Christoph Keller

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

On October 15, 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.

There is a crack in everything

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.

Explore the Books

River

An American Dreaming

Blauer Sand

Roman

Every Cripple a Superhero

Und dann klingelst du bei mir

Geschichten in leichter Sprache

Solange die Löwen nicht schreiben lernen

Vom Lesenschreiben der Welt

The Essential June Jordan

Jan Heller Levi and Christoph Keller (ed.)With a foreword by Pulitzer Prize winner Jericho Brown

Explore the Books

River

Blauer Sand

Every Cripple a Superhero

Und dann klingelst du bei mir

Solange die Löwen nicht schreiben lernen

The Essential June Jordan

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

Jan Heller Levi and Christoph Keller (ed.)
With a foreword by Pulitzer Prize winner Jericho Brown