Kirsten Fuchs was born in 1977 in Karl-Marx-Stadt and is perhaps the best known and most popular author on Berlin's Lesebühne spoken word performance scene. She won the renowned Open Mike literature competition in 2003 with her highly praised debut The Titanic and Herr Berg, which was published in 2005 by Rowohlt Berlin. Her book Girl Gang (Rowohlt Berlin, 2015) was awarded the renowned Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis 2016. She has also published the successful illustrated children's book series Der Miesepups (Voland & Quist). Since 2014 she has managed the Fuchs und Söhne spoken word performance group in Berlin's Moabit area. Her first play Tag Hicks oder Fliegen für vier won both the Berlin Award for Youth Theatre and the Berlin Brother Grimm Award in 2015. In 2022 Kirsten Fuchs was awared the Sebald-Literaturpreis.