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Photo of Ingrid Noll, © Monika Werneke
Ingrid Noll

Ingrid Noll, born in Shanghai in 1935, studied German philology and art history in Bonn. She has three children and four grandchildren. After her children left home, she began writing crime stories, which all became instant bestsellers. In 2005 she received the ›Glauser Prize of Honour‹ for her oeuvre.

Photo: © Monika Werneke
Bio-Bibliographie

Books

Events

Reading 22.11.2026

Heidelberg

Ingrid Noll liest in Heidelberg
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Reading 22.11.2026

Heidelberg

Ingrid Noll liest in Heidelberg
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Pressezitate

Angela Gatterburg
Der Spiegel, Hamburg

»Ingrid Noll is one of the best German storytellers.«

Karin Oehmigen
SonntagsZeitung, Zürich
»Ingrid Noll has a distinct talent for finding the horror in day-to-day life.«
The Sunday Times, London
»Ingrid Noll is often referred to as Germany's ›Queen of Crime‹, and she fully deserves this title.«
Dieter Hildebrandt
Sender Freies Berlin
»Riveting reading – we are captivated precisely because it is all so familiar.«
Christel Freitag
NDR Kultur, Hamburg

»Still the most original crime writer in the German language.«

Ulli Wagner
SR3, Saarbrücken

»Ingrid Noll has truly mastered the art of the comic crime novel.«

Movie Adaptations

2009
Ladylike. Jetzt ers recht!, Vanessa Jopp
2000
Kalt ist der Abendhauch, Rainer Kaufmann
1999
Die Häupter meiner Lieben, Hans-Günther Bücking
1999
Der Hahn ist tot, Hermine Hunthgeburt
1997
Die Apothekerin, Rainer Kaufmann
1993
Bommels Billigflüge, Claus-Michael Rohne

Awards

2025

Bundesverdienstkreuz der Bundesrepublik Deutschland

2023

Ehrenbürgerin von Weinheim

2019

Ehrenkriminalhauptkommissarin der Mannheimer Polizei

2016

Ehrenkommissarin der Bonner Polizei

2005

›Friedrich-Glauser-Preis – Ehrenpreis der Autoren‹ für das Gesamtwerk

2002

Verleihung der ›Verdienstmedaille des Landes Baden-Württemberg‹ durch Ministerpräsident Erwin Teufel

1994

›Friedrich-Glauser-Preis‹ für Die Häupter meiner Lieben