was born in 1940 and lives near Munich. She has written numerous stories and novels. She received the German Youth Literature Prize for her work as a translator. Her most recent novel on the Beltz & Gelberg list, Wenn das Glück kommt was awarded the German Youth Literature Prize. It was translated into 12 languages.

Previous titles include:
Ich sehne mich so (The Story of Anne Frank, trans. Anthea Bell, Macmillan Children's Books, 1995); Malka Mai (Malka, trans. Brian Murdoch, Macmillan Children's Books, 2002); Wenn das Glück kommt, muss man ihm einen Stuhl hinstellen … (Halinka, trans. Elizabeth Crawford, Henry Holt, 1998, reviewed in new books in german).

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Contact: Charlotte Larat, Kerstin Michaelis

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Beltz & Gelberg

was founded in the 1970s and belongs to the BELTZ Publishing Group. Its list consists of literary novels for children and young adults, but also picture books and biographies for readers of all ages. Authors include Klaus Kordon, Charlotte Kerner, Peter Härtling, Christine Nöstlinger, Dietlof Reiche, Simone Klages, Janosch and many others