Annette Hess grew up in Hanover and currently lives in Lower Saxony. She initially studied painting and interior design, and later scenic writing. She worked as a freelance journalist and assistant director, before launching a successful career as a screenwriter. Her critically-acclaimed and popular television series Weissensee, Ku'damm 56 and Ku'damm 59 are credited with revitalizing German TV. She has received numerous awards from the Grimme Prize to the Frankfurt Prize to the German Television Prize. The German House is her first novel.
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Warum lässt uns die Nachkriegszeit nicht los? Annette Hess beschäftigt sich in ihren preisgekrönten Drehbüchern schon lange mit dieser Frage: 'Ku'damm 56' und 'Ku'damm 59' sind auf riesige Resonanz gestoßen. In ihrem Romandebüt 'Deutsches ... SEE MORE