Ellen Dunne

Ellen Dunne, born in 1977 in the Salzburg region, first worked as a copywriter and creative strategist in advertising agencies before holding various positions at Google’s European headquarters in Dublin. From 2011 onward, she worked as a freelance copywriter and author. She is known for her crime series featuring the Bavarian-Irish detective Patsy Logan. In 2023, she received the Friedrich Glauser Prize for Best Crime Novel for “Boom Town Blues”; the Austrian Fine Crime Award followed in 2024.