Elena Fischer, born in 1987, studied comparative literature and film in Mainz, where she lives with her family. In 2019 and 2020, she participated in the Darmstadt Text Workshop, led by Kurt Drawert. In 2021 she was a finalist at the 29th ›Open Mike‹ with an extract from her debut novel Paradise Garden and won the Mainz provincial government’s prize for young authors. Elena Fischer has been nominated for the ›German Book Prize‹ and for the ›Harbour Front Literary Festival’s Debut Prize‹ 2023.