{{Short description|German writer and journalist (born 1957)}} {{Infobox person | name = Gaby Hauptmann | image = Gaby Hauptmann auf der Frankfurter Buchmesse 2017.jpg | image_size = | caption = Hauptmann in 2017 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|5|14|df=y}} | birth_place = Villingen-Schwenningen, West Germany | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | other_names = | known_for = Her novels | education = | employer = | occupation = Writer <br/> Journalist | boards = | spouse = | partner = | children = | parents = | relatives = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Gaby Hauptmann''' (born 14 May 1957) is a German journalist and writer.

==Life== Hauptmann was born in Villingen-Schwenningen in 1957. Her grandfather was the noted Black Forest based painter {{ill|Karl Hauptmann|de}}. She started her writing career at the ''Südkurier'' newspaper. She left after two years and formed her own business running a press office. She then became chief editor at the radio station {{ill|Radio Seefunk RSF|de}} from 1987.

She began working for the broadcaster Südwestfunk initially as a writer but in time a director and producer.

Her first book was for children, but her first bestseller was "Suche impotenten Mann fürs Leben" which was made into the film ''{{Ill|In Search of an Impotent Man|de|Suche impotenten Mann fürs Leben}}''. Her books have sold six million copies in total. She has written novels in German, and filmscripts and has worked as a TV producer.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.amazon.com/Handful-Manhood-Gaby-Hauptmann/dp/1860498892|title=A Handful of Manhood|last=results|first=search|date=2001-10-01|publisher=Little, Brown Book Group|isbn=978-1-86049-889-3|location=London|language=English}}</ref> Her books include "A Handful of Manhood" which has been translated into English.<ref name="hand">{{cite book |last1=Atkins |first1=Gaby Hauptmann; translated by Helen |title=A Handful of Manhood |date=2001 |publisher=Virago |location=London |isbn=978-1-86049-889-3 }}</ref>

In 2005 she started to write a series of books for younger readers with horse related themes.

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