Elfie Donnelly (born January 14, 1950, in London) is a British-Austrian author, who has written numerous books and radio dramas for children.
At age 26, Donnelly published her first book: Servus Opa, sagte ich leise, a story of a small boy telling about the death of his grandfather.
Donnelly has also written the new Hörspiel and book series Elea Eluanda, a story about a disabled girl, who hasn't let her fate put her down, and is accompanied by her Indian friend Ravi and her "consoling owl" Ezechiel.
In adult literature, Donnelly has written two detective books for Piper Verlag: Kein einziges Wort and Wen der Tod entlässt.
In 2003, this was followed by Bibi Blocksberg and the Secret of the Blue Owls [de] with Marie Luise Stahl as Elea as the second major character.
In both films, Sidonie von Krosigk played Bibi and Katja Riemann, Ulrich Noethen, Corinna Harfouch had other major roles.
Also in 2006, Donnelly wrote the script to the romantic dramedy film Töne aller Arten based on the book by Peter Trabert.