She won the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis (German Children's Literature Award), Jugendjury (Youth Jury) prize in 2011 for her thriller novel Erebos,[1][2] which has been translated into 22 languages.
[3] Ursula Poznanski was born in Vienna and grew up in Perchtoldsdorf[3] and, after completing high school, took courses in Japanese studies, journalism, law and theater studies at the University of Vienna, but did not complete a degree.
In 2000, after the birth of her son, she took part in a scriptwriting competition run by the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation; her script for a romantic comedy did not win.
[5] In the following years she released more children's books and worked in parallel on her first young adult novel.
Beatrice-Kaspary series (thrillers) Eleria trilogy (dystopian) Children's books Collaborations Contributions to: