Friedrich Charles Glauser (February 4, 1896 in Vienna – December 8, 1938 in Genoa) was a German-language Swiss writer. He was a morphine and opium addict for most of his life, and begun writing his novel Thumbprint while he was an inmate at Waldau, a Swiss insane asylum.
One of Germany's best-known crime writing awards is the Glauser prize.
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Date of birth:
- Feb 4, 1896
Date of death:
- Dec 8, 1938 (age 42 years)
