Julia Franck (born February 20, 1970 in East Berlin) is a German writer.

In 1978 Julia Franck and her family moved to West Berlin and later to Schleswig-Holstein. She studied German Literature and American Studies at the Free University of Berlin and spent several time in the United States, Mexico and Guatemala. She worked as an editor for Sender Freies Berlin and contributed to various newspapers and magazines. She lives with her children in Berlin.

Franck has received several awards, most notably the German Book Prize in 2007 and the 3sat Award at the esteemed Ingeborg Bachmann Competition in 2000.

Works

• Der neue Koch (1997)
• Liebediener (1999)
• Bauchlandung (2000)
• Lagerfeuer (2003)
• Mir nichts, dir nichts (2006)
• Die Mittagsfrau (2007)

External links

• Interview with Julia Franck on The Ledge, an independent platform for world literature. Includes excerpt and audio.