Julia Blesken, born in Berlin in 1976, grew up in her parents’ house and with her grandmother.
After graduating from high school, she studied history. Her debut novel Ich bin ein Rudel Wölfe (I am a pack of wolves) was published in 2009. In 2020, she received the Kirsten Boie Prize from the Hamburg Literature Foundation for Mission Kolomoro.
She lives in Berlin with her husband and five children.