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
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

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

Fiction

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

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

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

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

  1. 1 2 3 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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