Sabine Scho studied German studies and philosophy in Muenster. She was a guest at the Steirischen Herbst Graz in 1999 and at the 1st Internationalen Literaturfestival Bremen in 2000. Her awards include the Förderpreis der Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Westfälischen Kulturarbeit (GWK) and Literarischen März in Darmstadt, Leonce-und-Lena-Preis.

She has been invited to numerous international literature festivals since 1999, including in Amsterdam, Berlin, Bremen, Graz, Sarajevo, Rotterdam, San Diego and Sydney. In 2003, she received a scholarship from the Villa Aurora in Pacific Palisades for her interdisciplinary project Tiere in Architektur. Sabine Scho currently lives in Berlin.