Christa Ludwig

Christa Ludwig was born in Wolfhagen near Kassel in 1949 and studied German and English literature. From 1989 onward, she published books for children and young adults, including »Blitz ohne Donner«, »Die Siebte Sage«, the six-volume horse series »Hufspuren«, and the five-volume early-reader series »Jonas Weg ins Lesen«. Her novel project »Ein Bündel Wegerich« received a grant from the Förderkreis deutscher Schriftsteller and a travel grant for research in Jerusalem. In 2019, she was awarded the Eichendorff Literature Prize. She also spent many years researching the poet Else Lasker-Schüler.