Gila Lustiger was born in Frankfurt am Main in 1963. From 1982 to 1986, she read German and comparative literature at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Since 1987 she has been living and working in Paris as an editor, translator and author. As well as being shortlisted for the German Book Prize, she was longlisted for the Prix Médicis. Previous works: Die Bestandsaufnahme (1995), Aufbau Verlag – The Inventory (2001), Arcade Publishing, USA; Grasset, France; Aus einer schönen Welt (1997) Translation rights available from Berlin Verlag Greifswalder Str. 207 10405 Berlin, Germany Tel: +49 30 4438450 E-mail: s.oswald@berlinverlag.de Contact: Sabine Oswald Applications for assistance with translation costs - Austria Berlin Verlag was founded in 1995 as an independent publishing house and publishes literary fiction and quality non-fiction for a wide audience and a select range of international authors. Berlin Verlag is also known for its work in developing promising, young German writers, such as the acclaimed Ingo Schulze, Elke Schmitter, Irina Liebmann, Marcus Braun and Gila Lustiger as well as the plays of Elfriede Jelinek, Nobel Prizewinner in 2004. Since 2003, Berlin Verlag has belonged to the Bloomsbury Publishing group.