Annette Pehnt (born 25 July 1967 in Köln) is a German writer and literary critic. She lives in Freiburg in Baden-Württemberg. After graduating from school in 1986 Pehnt performed voluntary social work in Belfast (Northern Ireland). After a year living in Scotland, she studied English, Celtic studies and German language and literature at the universities in Köln, Galway (Ireland), Berkeley (California) and Freiburg (Breisgau). After her master's degree and the first national examination in 1994, graduation followed in 1997 at the University of Freiburg with a work on Irish literature.