Pale Blue
Thomas Meinecke was born in Hamburg, Germany, and split his childhood between Heidelberg  and Mannheim. He studied theater, German literature, and communication at Munich’s Ludwig  Maximilians University, earning his master’s degree and writing for the underground magazineMode & Verzweiflung. In 1980, he cofounded the band Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle  (F.S.K.), which continues to record today, and since 1985 has worked as a club and radio DJ.  He is the author of six innovative novels, includingThe Church of John F. Kennedy,Lookalikes, andTomboy. He and his wife, the artist and musician Michaela  Melián, have one daughter. They live today in the countryside south of Munich.