Melanie Raabe

Melanie Raabe
At the premiere of The Trap on 3 March 2015, Cologne.
Born	(1981-08-01) August 1, 1981 (age 44) Jena, Bezirk Gera, East Germany
Pen name	Melanie Vega
Occupation	Writer
Language	German
Nationality	Benin German
Alma mater	University of Bochum
Genre	Crime thriller
Years active	2011-present
Notable works	The 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 a 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. 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.
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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.