Kathrin Passig (born 4 June 1970) is a German author.

Passig was born in 1970[1] in Deggendorf, a small town in Lower Bavaria.

The same year, her short story "Sie befinden sich hier" ("You are here") got her the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize.

[4] One of her most successful books is "Lexikon des Unwissens – Worauf es bisher keine Antwort gibt" ("Encyclopedia of Ignorance – Everything we don't know so far") published by Rowohlt in 2007.

[5] She also works as a translator, among her translations are works by William Leonard Marshall, Bob Dylan, Jacob Weisberg, and Harlan Coben.