Stephanie Doench

Stephanie Doench is a German writer and poet. She was born in 1982 and lives in the Lower Rhine region of Germany. She has completed two vocational training programmes: as a state-recognised nursery teacher and as a media and information services specialist. Her play, *What We’re Missing at Christmas*, which she wrote herself, had its world premiere at a nursery in December 2019. In the summer of 2021, she published her first romance novel, *Ich fand mein Herz durch dich*. A year later, Doench published her first children’s book, *Mila Milchsuppe*. In early 2023, her booklet about the eccentric dentist ‘Dr Wurzelschuh’ was published. Her first publication in US English is the translation of the novel *Ich fand mein Herz durch dich*, which was released in spring 2023 under the title *Black Heart Mississippi*. In 2026, her parenting guide *Gebt den Kindern eure Liebe* was published. With this message, Doench aims to remind people of the importance of ‘love’ in parenting and to make the world a better place for children. As well as writing, her hobbies include music, film, painting and sport. She appeared as an extra in the film “Block 10” (Autumn 2026). Stephanie Doench is divorced and currently works in a local archive near the city of Cologne.