Melanie Raabe

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Melanie Raabe
At the premiere of The Trap on 3 March 2015, Cologne.
At the premiere of The Trap on 3 March 2015, Cologne.
Born (1981-08-01) August 1, 1981 (age 42)
Jena, Bezirk Gera, East Germany
Pen nameMelanie Vega
OccupationWriter
LanguageGerman
Nationality
Alma materUniversity of Bochum
GenreCrime thriller
Years active2011-present
Notable worksThe Trap, The Stranger
Website
melanieraabe.de

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

Biography[edit]

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 (dt. Die Zahnfee) won the top award of the German Short Crime Awards at the Tatort Eifel festival for crime literature. She self-published The Ugly Ones (dt. Die Hässlichen) as an e-book.[2]

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

In 2016, her novel The Stranger (dt. Die Wahrheit) was published as an fiction book, radio play and audio book.[5]

In 2018, Raabe released her novel The Shadow (dt. Der Schatten).

In 2019, her novel The Forests (dt. Die Wälder) was published under btb Verlag. She was nominated for the Shortlist Leo-Perutz Awards in the category Best new publication (crime novel) for The Shadow (dt. Der Schatten), but lost against Alex Beer (Daniela Larcher).

Works[edit]

Fiction[edit]

Year Original Title English translation ISBN Editor Writer Ref.
2011 Die Zahnfee "The Tooth Fairy" — — Melanie Vega (Pseudonym) [6]
2014 Die Hässlichen "The Ugly Ones" 978-3844-28019-7 epubli GmbH [7]
2015 Die Falle "The Trap" 978-3442-75491-5 btb Verlag Melanie Raabe [8]
2016 Die Wahrheit "The Stranger" 978-3442-71690-6 [9]
2018 Der Schatten "The Shadow" 978-3442-71903-7 [10]
2019 Die Wälder "The Forests" 978-3442-75753-4 [11]

Radio plays[edit]

Year Original Title English translation Writer Editor Ref.
2017 Die Wahrheit "The Stranger" Melanie Raabe Der Hörverlag [12]
2019 Der Abgrund "The Abysm" [13]

Audio books[edit]

Year Original Title English version Writer Speaker Ref.
2015 Die Falle "The Trap" Melanie Raabe Devid Striesow, Birgit Minichmayr [14]
2016 Die Wahrheit "The Stranger" Nina Kunzendorf, Andreas Pietschmann, Devid Striesow [15]
2018 Der Schatten "The Shadow" Katja Bürkle, Melanie Raabe [16]
2019 Die Wälder "The Forests" Melanie Raabe, Anna Schudt [17]

Awards and nominations[edit]

Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2011 Tatort Eifel (German Short Crime Awards) German Short Crime Die Zahnfee Won [18]
2015 Kulturförderpreis des Oberbergischen Kreises Fiction Herself Second place [19]
2016 Stuttgart Crime Fiction Awards (Witwer-Debut crime price) Best german-speaking debut crime novel Die Falle Won [20]
2019 Shortlist Leo-Perutz-Awards Best new publication (Genre crime novel) Der Schatten Nominated [21]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c 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.
  6. ^ "Das Morden am Hellweg geht weiter: Melanie Raabe schreibt Witten-Krimi". www.witten.de (in German). Retrieved 2020-10-07.
  7. ^ "Die Hässlichen von Melanie Vega bei LovelyBooks (Roman)". LovelyBooks. Retrieved 2020-10-07.
  8. ^ "Die Falle". Melanie Raabe (in German). Retrieved 2020-10-07.
  9. ^ "Die Wahrheit". Melanie Raabe (in German). Retrieved 2020-10-07.
  10. ^ "Der Schatten". Melanie Raabe (in German). Retrieved 2020-10-07.
  11. ^ "Die Wälder von Melanie Raabe bei LovelyBooks (Krimi und Thriller)". LovelyBooks. Retrieved 2020-10-07.
  12. ^ Raabe, Melanie; Stricker, Sven; Pflug, Jan-Peter; Tscharre, Ulrike C.; Subklew, Brita; Draeger, Kerstin; Klare, Felix; Hellmann, Hannes; Moll, Anne. DIE WAHRHEIT. Das Hörspiel. ASIN 3844527192.
  13. ^ "Alle Folgen". Hörverlag Serials (in German). Retrieved 2020-10-07.
  14. ^ Audible.com | Unlock a listen for every moment.
  15. ^ Audible.com | Unlock a listen for every moment.
  16. ^ Audible.com | Unlock a listen for every moment.
  17. ^ Audible.com | Unlock a listen for every moment.
  18. ^ "Morde, Männer, Maare". Trierischer Volksfreund. 25 September 2011. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  19. ^ Oberbergischer Kreis (2020-10-07). "Preisträger/innen des Kulturförderpreises". Content Management System (in German). Retrieved 2020-10-07.
  20. ^ "DER STUTTGARTER KRIMIPREIS 2016 | Stuttgarter Kriminächte". stuttgarter-kriminaechte.de. Retrieved 2020-10-07.
  21. ^ "Leo-Perutz-Preis für Kriminalliteratur 2019: Fünf mal Hochspannung". Hauptverband des Österreichischen Buchhandels. 2019-07-01. Retrieved 2020-10-07.
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