David Safier ['sa:fiɐ] (born 13 December 1966 in Bremen) is a German writer and novelist. He wrote the television series Berlin, Berlin for which he was awarded the Adolf Grimme Award in 2003. Berlin, Berlin also won an International Emmy Award for best comedy in 2004. He has written several novels, among them Mieses Karma and Jesus liebt mich, which together sold two million copies, as well as Plötzlich Shakespeare, Happy Family, Muh! and Mieses Karma hoch 2. He also wrote 28 Tage lang. Works Mieses Karma (2007) Mieses Karma (Bad Karma) was Safier’s debut novel. Kim Lange, a successful but unscrupulous TV presenter, has won the award she had long hoped for. Unfortunately, she is crushed to death by falling debris from a Russian space station the same night. Having amassed a considerable amount of bad karma, she is reborn as an ant. Her purpose now is to collect good karma in order to climb back up the ladder of reincarnation and regain a spot in the hearts of her loved ones. Kim’s husband in the novel is named Alex Weingart, as is one of the characters in Berlin, Berlin. The novel was also turned into a radio play. In 2011, publisher Kosmos Verlag released a board game based on the novel. Jesus liebt mich (2008) The title translates to Jesus Loves Me. Marie has so far had little success in love and life. Now, however, she has met a handsome and caring man, albeit he has some strange ways. She soon finds out that her love interest is no one else but the Messiah himself, who has returned to earth in order to prepare humanity for Judgment Day. Only a few days remain until the end of the world. The novel was turned into a movie starring Jessica Schwarz and Florian David Fitz in 2012. Muh! (2012) Muh! (Moo!) tells the story of cow Lolle. After her bull has just cheated on her with another cow, she meets an Italian tomcat, from whom she learns that the farmer is planning to have his cattle slaughtered. Following his advice, Lolle and her friends set off for India, where cows are sacred, in the hope for a better life. 28 Tage lang (2014) 28 Tage lang (For 28 Days) recounts the everyday life of a Jewish girl in Warsaw Ghetto. Safier dedicated it to his grandparents, as his grandmother died