Sybille Ruge
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Sybille Ruge
Sybille Ruge used to be an actress and is now a poet, costume designer and creates fabrics for the international textile market. Born in the GDR, she works in Frankfurt and lives in Switzerland. She loves space travel, sociology and the writings of Heiner Müller. Her first novel, Davenport 160 x 90, was awarded third place in the category »National Crime Literature« of the German Crime Fiction Prize in 2022.
Sybille Ruge used to be an actress and is now a poet, costume designer and creates fabrics for the international textile market. Born in the GDR, she works in Frankfurt and lives in Switzerland. She loves space travel, sociology and the writings of Heiner Müller. Her first novel, Davenport 160 x 90, was awarded third place in the category »National Crime Literature« of the German Crime Fiction Prize in 2022.
Awards (selection)
GLAUSER-Preis 2023 for Davenport 160 x 90
Stuttgarter Krimipreis (Wittwer Thalia Debütkrimipreis) 2023 for Davenport 160 x 90
German Crime Fiction Prize 2022 for Davenport 160 x 90
Stuttgarter Krimipreis (Wittwer Thalia Debütkrimipreis) 2023 for Davenport 160 x 90
German Crime Fiction Prize 2022 for Davenport 160 x 90
GLAUSER-Preis 2023 for Davenport 160 x 90
Stuttgarter Krimipreis (Wittwer Thalia Debütkrimipreis) 2023 for Davenport 160 x 90
German Crime Fiction Prize 2022 for Davenport 160 x 90
Stuttgarter Krimipreis (Wittwer Thalia Debütkrimipreis) 2023 for Davenport 160 x 90
German Crime Fiction Prize 2022 for Davenport 160 x 90
PUBLICATIONS
Latest first
Year of Publication: 2024
Sybille RugeYear of Publication: 2024
9mm Cut
When a head turns up in a plastic bag on the front doorstep of the offices of the NGO Interni and the director is murdered, it’s clear that something is amiss with the organisation. And there is nothing worse for a charitable foundation than bad press. A worrying situation for the food and meat tycoon Wellinghofen, the main donor behind Interni, who sends his right-hand woman, under the...
Year of Publication: 2022
Sybille RugeYear of Publication: 2022
Davenport 160 x 90
Sonja Slanski runs the debt collection company »Claim Management«, which is also involved in some other kinds of shady business.
An obscure member of Frankfurt’s high...
Rights sold to:
German audiobook (Thalia), German radio play (WDR)
Film rights optioned
DISCOVER
Optioned
New Film Project Based on Davenport 160 x 90 by Sybille Ruge
Sybille Ruge’s tough antiheroine Sonja Slanski is to become a film figure in an English-language adaptation.Film rights
The New Thriller from Sybille Ruge to Be Presented in Cannes
9mm Cut will be presented to an international audience of producers at Cannes Film Festival.News