Melanie Raabe

Melanie Raabe (born 1 August 1981 in Jena) is a German novelist and journalist.

At the premiere of The Trap on 3 March 2015, Cologne.
Born (1981-08-01) August 1, 1981
Jena, Bezirk Gera, East Germany
LanguageGerman
Nationality Germany
Alma materUniversity of Bochum
GenreCrime thriller
Notable worksThe Trap
Notable awardsStuttgart Crime Fiction Prize (2016)
Website
melanieraabe.de

Biography

Melanie Raabe was born in Jena, East Germany, and grew up in Wiehl. Her father was a visiting student from Benin.[1]

She studied media science and literature at the University of Bochum. She then began a career in journalism.[1]

In 2011, her short story "The Tooth Fairy" won the top award of the Deutschen-Kurzkrimi-Preis at the Tatort Eifel festival of crime literature. She self-published The Ugly Ones (Die Hässlichen) as an e-book.[2]

Her novel The Trap (Die Falle) was released at the Leipzig Book Fair in 2015.[1] Its movie rights were sold at the Berlinale to TriStar Pictures.[3] The book won the Stuttgart Crime Fiction Prize the following year.[4]

In 2017, her novel The Stranger was published.[5]

Works
  • Die Falle. btb. 2015. ISBN 978-3442754915. (English translation: The Trap. Translated by Imogen Taylor. 2017. ISBN 978-1509810697.)
  • Die Wahrheit. Random House. 2016. ISBN 978-3442754922. (English translation: The Stranger. Translated by Imogen Taylor. 2017. ISBN 978-1925498042.)

References
  1. Elmar Krekeler (15 June 2016). "Melanie Raabe: diese Frau ist eine Sensation". Die Welt (in German). Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  2. Nina Rudolphi (27 September 2016). "The thriller read 'round the world". She's Mercedes. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  3. Tatiana Siegel (17 June 2015). "TriStar Pictures Nabs Melanie Raabe's Debut Novel 'The Trap'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  4. Bernd Fischer (16 November 2017). "Knisternde Spannung im Meppener Jam". Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  5. Cameron Woodhead (22 December 2017). "The Stranger review: Melanie Raabe's novel of sustained psychological suspense". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
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