Mechtild Borrmann

Mechtild Borrmann (born 1960 in Cologne, West Germany) is a German writer, author of several detective novels.

Borrmann trained in therapy through dance and theater, then worked in restoration.

In 2006, she published her first novel, Wenn das Herz im Kopf schlägt) (To Clear the Air), with which she won the 2012 Deutscher Krimi Preis.

In 2014, her fifth detective novel was published, Der Geiger (The Violinist), which earned her the 2015 Grand prix des lectrices de Elle.