laura freudenthaler (born 1984, salzburg) is an austrian writer. she studied german language and literature at university. she published a book of short stories titled "der schädel der madeleine" in 2014. she has also published two novels: "die königin schweigt" (winner of the förderpreis zum bremer literaturpreis in 2018) and "geistergeschichte" (winner of the eu literature prize in 2019).