Christine Drews
Christine Drews, born and raised in Osnabrück, studied German and psychology in Bonn. While still a student, she worked as an editor for various TV formats and, after completing her master's degree, wrote for numerous comedy series until she went freelance in 2002. Since then, Christine Drews has written scripts for films and TV series and published her first novel, Schattenfreundin, with Lübbe in 2013, which was translated into six languages and filmed for ZDF. Numerous other novels followed, including the successful Münster crime series about the commissioners Charlotte Schneidmann and Peter Käfer. In addition to crime novels and thrillers, Christine Drews writes family novels published by Ullstein-Verlag (2017 Sonntags fehlst du am meisten, 2018 Ein Tag hat viele Farben). In 2021, Christine Drews published the novel Freiflug, which is published by DuMont Buchverlag and is currently being worked on for film adaptation. In 2023, her new novel Großraumdisco was published, also by DuMont. After living in England for a number of years, Christine Drews now lives in Cologne with her family.