Ingeborg von Zadow is an internationally renowned playwright based in the UNESCO City of Literature Heidelberg, Germany. Born in Berlin and educated bilingually in Germany, the USA and Belgium, she holds an M.A. in Theater from State University of New York at Binghamton, USA. The Agent/Publisher Verlag der Autoren in Frankfurt a.M., Germany started representing her professionally at the age of 22, after she had spent her youth writing and performing. 

Her plays, often written for young audiences, have themes such as friendship, the actions of human beings and the way of the world. They focus on core emotional experiences and capture moments of growth and self-awareness through humor, rhythm and theatrical imagination. The plays have been staged in more than 150 professional national and international productions and translated into 12 languages.  

She won the Brothers-Grimm-Prize of the State of Berlin and was nominated for the German Children's Theater Prize and the Mülheimer Children's Plays Prize. 
Ingeborg von Zadow is spokesperson of the Heidelberg Authors, and director of the youth program Heidelberger Literaturscouts. 

She was nominated by Heidelberg City of Literature. Her participation is made possible by the Max Kade Foundation.