Felicitas Hoppe was born in Hamelin, Lower Saxony, and grew up there.

[3] Her work often deals with transitory themes, as in "Picknick der Friseure", in a comical, but nevertheless thrilling way, which make her stories seem to be absurd.

She also uses the technique of quotation for her novels, as in "Johanna", where she reconstructs the story of Joan of Arc using official case records.

[1] For her work as a writer she received the following awards: in 1994 Alfred-Döblin-Stipendium (a scholarship), in 1996 Aspekte-Literaturpreis and the Ernst-Willner-Preis [de] at the Festival of German-Language Literature in Klagenfurt, in 1997 the Rauris Literature Prize, in 2004 the Nicolas Born Prize, the Heimito von Doderer-Literaturpreis and the Spycher: Literaturpreis Leuk [de], in 2005 the Brothers Grimm Prize of the City of Hanau.

[1] In 2008 Hoppe held the Bert Brecht Gastprofessur at the University of Augsburg.