Patrick Süskind nació en 1949 en la localidad bávara de Ambach (Alemania). Hijo del escritor expresionista W.E. Süskind, su primera novela, El perfume (Seix Barral, 1985) le valió inmediata notoriedad mundial.
Es un escritor y guionista de cine alemán. Realizó estudios de Historia medieval y Moderna en la Universidad de Múnich y en Aix-en-Provence entre 1968-1974. En la década de 1980 trabajó como un guionista televisivo, para Kir Royal y Monaco Franze entre otros.
Patrick Süskind was born in 1949 in the Bavarian town of Ambach, Germany. The son of expressionist writer W.E. Süskind, his first novel, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (published in Spain by Seix Barral in 1985), brought him immediate worldwide recognition.
He is a German writer and screenwriter. He studied Medieval and Modern History at the University of Munich and in Aix-en-Provence between 1968 and 1974. During the 1980s, he worked as a television screenwriter for productions such as Kir Royal and Monaco Franze, among others.