Stefanie de Velasco (born 1978 in Oberhausen) is a German novelist as well as contributor to such publications as Die Zeit, Zitty, and the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. [1] Born to a Spanish immigrant mother and a German father, de Velasco grew up in the Rhineland and studied in Bonn, Berlin and Warsaw. Her debut novel Tigermilch was published in 2013 to critical and commercial success. [2] [3] It has been translated into numerous languages; the English translation by Tim Mohr, titled Tiger Milk, was nominated for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize and long-listed for the International Dublin Literary Award in 2015. [4] [5] [6] Tigermilch has been adapted for the stage as well as a feature film that debuted in August 2017. [7] [8]