Bodo Kirchhoff (born 6 July 1948) is a German writer and novelist.
He was born in Hamburg before moving with his family to Kirchzarten in the Black Forest in 1955, which he describes as a cultureshock.
In addition to writing literary fiction, he has worked on various projects for German television, such as long-runner Tatort, and has written movie screenplays.
One of his best-known novels is Infanta (1990), which has been translated into more than a dozen languages.
In 2016, his novel, which features an African migrant in Italy, Encounter won the German Book Prize.