Karosh Taha was born in the Kurdish city of Zaxo and moved to Western Germany as a child. She studied English and History at the University of Duisburg-Essen and, in addition to her work as an author, initially worked as a high school teacher in Essen. She lives between Cologne and Paris. Her novels Beschreibung einer Krabbenwanderung and Im Bauch einer Königin were published by DuMont in 2018 and 2020.