Silke Schlichtmann

Silke Schlichtmann (born 1967) grew up on a fruit farm in the Altes Land region of northern Germany. She earned a doctorate in literary studies and worked as an editor. Her debut, Pernilla oder Wie die Beatles meine viel zu große Familie retteten, was published in 2015, followed by Pernilla oder Warum wir nicht in den sauren Apfel beißen mussten in 2016. Bluma und das Gummischlangengeheimnis (2017) was nominated for the German Children’s and Young Adult Literature Prize in 2018. Her other children’s books include the Mattis series and Reißaus mit Krabbenbrötchen (2022). In 2023, she co-published Lesen ist doof with Nils Freytag. She was named Reader of the Year in 2019.