which had its first outing on 21 May 1973. This led directly to a commission to produce a further 20 radio plays. Many more science fiction radio plays followed, mostly for Horst Krautkrämer at the SDR radio studio in Heidelberg, along with a succession of criminal dramas, mostly produced for WDR. There were also more than 100 short radio plays, most of which were written for Deutsche Welle, and many of which were cut-down versions of her earlier works. In 1993 she won the Kurd Laßwitz science-fiction Best Radio Play prize with her "Sommernachtstraum" (loosely, "Midsummer Night's Dream"). Evaluation Eva Maria Mudrich can be seen as a pioneer of the demanding science fiction genre, both through her application of socio-political themes and on account of the metaphysical and idealistic references that she incorporates. A number of commentators have been prompted to rank the quality of her work alongside that produced by Wolfgang Jeschke, Herbert W. Franke, Hermann Ebeling and Richard Hey. References People from Berlin People from Saarbrücken Writers from Berlin Writers from Saarland Women radio writers German radio writers German science fiction writers German children's writers German women children's writers German crime fiction writers Chick lit writers German women novelists 1927 births 2006 deaths