Career
She traveled through Bosnia-Herzegovina in 2001, which became the basis for the book Die Stille ist ein Geräusch. Her other books are Das Land der Menschen, Schilf (translated into English as Dark Matter by Christine Lo), Alles auf dem Rasen, Kleines Konversationslexikon für Haushunde, Spieltrieb, Ein Hund läuft durch die Republik and Corpus Delicti (translated into English as The Method by Sally-Ann Spencer). Zeh lived in Leipzig from 1995, and currently resides outside of Berlin.
Zeh studied law in Passau and Leipzig, passing the Zweites Juristisches Staatsexamen - comparable equivalent to the United States. bar exam - in 2003, and holds a doctorate in international law from Universität Saarbrücken.
She also has a degree from the Deutsches Literaturinstitut Leipzig.