Annette Hess

Annette Hess is a German author and screenwriter, born on January 18, 1967, in Hanover. She initially studied painting and interior design before pursuing scenic writing at the Berlin University of the Arts. Hess began her career as a freelance journalist and assistant director, transitioning to a full-time screenwriter in 1998. She is widely recognized for her critically acclaimed television series "Weissensee," "Ku'damm 56," and "Ku'damm 59," which are credited with revitalizing German television. Her debut novel, "The German House," published in 2018, is set against the backdrop of the 1963 Frankfurt Auschwitz Trials and explores themes of complicity and inherited trauma. The novel has been translated into over 20 countries and adapted into the Hulu series "The Interpreter of Silence." Hess has received numerous awards for her work, including the Grimme Prize, the Frankfurt Prize, and the German Television Prize.