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
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

PUBLICATIONS

9mm Cut
Year of Publication: 2024
Sybille RugeYear of Publication: 2024
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...
Davenport 160 x 90
Year of Publication: 2022
Sybille RugeYear of Publication: 2022

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...

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German Audiobook (Thalia)


DISCOVER

Film rights
9mm Cut will be presented to an international audience of producers at Cannes Film Festival.
News
Sybille Ruge receives one of the Stuttgart Crime Fiction Prizes 2023, which are awarded on March 31 as part of the Stuttgart Crime Nights.
News
Hyaenas and Davenport 160 x 90 receive first and third place respectively in the category »National Crime Literature«.