Felicitas Hoppe was born in Hamelyn in 1960 and now lives in Berlin. Her first novel Picknik der Friseure (Rowohlt, 1996) was followed by Pigafetta (Rowohlt, 1999), which she wrote after a trip around the world on a freighter In 2003 came Paradiese, Übersee (Rowohlt) in 2003 then in 2004 Verbrecher und Versager (marebuchverlag). She has won a number of important prizes. Translated editions of her work have been published by: Jaqueline Chambon (France), Querido (The Netherlands), Czarne (Poland), Loomingu (Estonia) Translation rights available from S. Fischer Verlag, Hedderichstr. 114 60596 Frankfurt am Main, Germany Tel: +49696062328 E-mail: kerstin.schuster@fischerverlage.de Contact: Kerstin Schuster S. Fischer Verlag was founded by Samuel Fischer in Berlin in 1886. Many of the authors first published by Samuel Fischer are now modern German classics, including Franz Kafka, Arthur Schnitzler, Hugo von Hoffmannsthal and Thomas Mann. Both S. Fischer Verlag and Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag focus on literature, psychology and history. Contemporary authors writing in German include Marlene Streeruwitz, Christoph Ransmayer and Wolfgang Hilbig. The firm's distinguished list also includes many leading international authors in translation.