Children's Books

Kirsten Boie

Photo: © Paula Markert

Kirsten Boie, born 1950 in Hamburg, studied German and English Literature and went on to gain a PhD in literary studies. She worked as a teacher before beginning a career writing books for children and young adults. The creator of more than a hundred books, she has been awarded numerous literary prizes, and enjoys a reputation as one of Germany’s most highly regarded authors of contemporary children’s and young adult literature. Kirsten Boie lives near Hamburg. 

www.kirstenboie.de

For a clear and concise description of more than 100 books by Kirsten Boie, please refer to the author's homepage:
http://www.kirsten-boie.de/kirsten-boie-buecher.php?sprache=en

(Updated: 2022)

Awards

  • 2018 Zurich Children’s Book Prize
  • 2016 Hamburger Tüddelband
  • 2011 Verdienstkreuz 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany
  • 2011 Gustav Heinemann Peace Prize
  • 2008 Grand Prize of the Deutsche Akademie für Kinder- und Jugendliteratur
  • 2007 PETA Germany - Award for Josef Schaf will auch einen Menschen
  • 2007 German Young Adult Literature Prize - Special lifetime award
  • 2006 Evangelical Book Prize

Featured Books

Book cover Don’t Cry, You’re Still Alive

Heul doch nicht, du lebst ja noch
[Don’t Cry, You’re Still Alive]

Friedrich Oetinger Verlag

Book cover Thabo. Detektiv & Gentleman.<br>Der Nashorn-Fall. Band 1<br>[Thabo, Gentleman.<br>The Rhino Horn Murder]

Thabo. Detektiv & Gentleman.
Der Nashorn-Fall. Band 1
[Thabo. Detektiv & Gentleman.
Der Nashorn-Fall. Band 1
[Thabo, Gentleman.
The Rhino Horn Murder]]

Friedrich Oetinger Verlag

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