Rudolf Herfurtner (born 19 October 1947) is a German writer.
After the death of his parents in 1965, he moved to Munich.
While still a student, Herfurtner contributed texts to the feuilleton of a Munich daily newspaper and began a volontariat at the television division of Bayerischer Rundfunk.
In 1973, the Ravensburger Herfurtner's first book Hinter dem Paradies.
[1] Herfurtner writes mainly youth literature (short stories, youth novels, plays, radio plays and contributions for television).