Juli Zeh

Juli Zeh
Juli Zeh in 2008
Born	30 June 1974 (1974-06-30) Bonn, West Germany
Occupation	Writer
Years active	2001-present

Juli Zeh (born on 30 June 1974 in Bonn) is a German writer. Her first book was Eagles and Angels, which won the 2002 Deutscher Bücherpreis for best debut novel. She traveled through Bosnia-Herzegovina in 2001, which became the basis for the book Die Stille ist ein Geräusch. Her other books are Das Land der Menschen, Dark Matter, Alles auf dem Rasen, Kleines Konversationslexikon für Haushunde, Spieltrieb, Ein Hund läuft durch die Republik and Corpus Delicti.

Zeh has lived in Leipzig since 1995. Zeh studied human rights law in Passau and Leipzig, passing the Zweites Juristisches Staatsexamen - comparable equivalent to the U.S. bar exam - in 2003. She also has a degree from the Deutsches Literaturinstitut Leipzig.

Bibliography

Novels

Year	English title	Original title	ISBN	Notes
2001	Eagles and Angels	Adler und Engel	3-442-72926-2
2004	Gaming Instinct	Spieltrieb	3-89561-056-9
2007	Dark Matter	Schilf	3-89561-431-9	US title: In Free Fall
2009	Corpus Delicti	Corpus Delicti	978-3-89561-434-7

Other

Year	English title	Original title	ISBN	Notes
2002	Even Silence Is a Sound	Die Stille ist ein Geräusch	3-442-73104-6
2004	A Dog Runs through the Republic	Ein Hund läuft durch die Republik	3-89561-057-7	Editor
2005	The Little Encyclopedia for Household Dogs	Kleines Konversationslexikon für Haushunde	3-89561-058-5
2006	The Full Monty	Alles auf dem Rasen	3-89561-059-3
2008	The Land of People	Das Land der Menschen	978-3-89561-432-3

External links

• An interview about her social commitment, recent translated books and her recent play, Corpus Delicti, Trouw (September 2008) (in Dutch).
• Interview about Corpus Delicti, the role of state observation and civil disobedience, (April 2011) (in German).