Paula Fürstenberg, born in 1987, grew up in Potsdam and studied at the Swiss Literature Institute and Humboldt University. She has lived in Berlin since 2011. Her debut novel ‘Family of Winged Tigers’ was published in 2016. She is co-editor of the Habitus volumes and co-curated the discussion series Let's talk about class in 2022. She is also part of the authors' collective Literatur für das, was passiert and a board member of Kunsthaus Strodehne e.V.

Paula Fürstenberg has been awarded numerous scholarships for her work. ‘Weltalltage’ is her second novel.