Melanie Raabe
{{short description|German novelist and journalist}}
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| birth_place = Jena, Bezirk Gera, East Germany
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| occupation = Writer
| language = German
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| alma_mater = University of Bochum
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| genre = Crime thriller
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| years_active = 2011-present
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| website = {{URL|melanieraabe.de}}
| notable_works = The Trap, The Stranger
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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.{{cite news|newspaper=Die Welt|url=https://www.welt.de/kultur/literarischewelt/article142475217/Melanie-Raabe-diese-Frau-ist-eine-Sensation.html|title=Melanie Raabe: diese Frau ist eine Sensation|date=15 June 2016|accessdate=21 December 2017|author=Elmar Krekeler|language=de}}
She studied media science and literature at the University of Bochum. She then began a career in journalism.
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.{{cite web|url=https://www.mercedes-benz.com/en/me/inspiration/she/lifestyle-she/interview-melanie-raabe/|publisher=She's Mercedes|author=Nina Rudolphi|title=The thriller read 'round the world|date=27 September 2016|accessdate=21 December 2017}}
Her novel The Trap (dt. Die Falle) was released at the Leipzig Book Fair in 2015. The movie rights for The Trap were sold at the Berlinale to TriStar Pictures.{{cite news|newspaper=The Hollywood Reporter|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/tristar-pictures-nabs-melanie-raabe-803226|title=TriStar Pictures Nabs Melanie Raabe's Debut Novel 'The Trap'|date=17 June 2015|accessdate=21 December 2017|author=Tatiana Siegel}} The book won the Stuttgart Crime Fiction Prize the following year.{{cite news|newspaper=Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung|title=Knisternde Spannung im Meppener Jam|url=https://www.noz.de/lokales/meppen/artikel/979809/knisternde-spannung-im-meppener-jam|date=16 November 2017|accessdate=21 December 2017|author=Bernd Fischer|language=de}}
In 2016, her novel The Stranger (dt. Die Wahrheit) was published as a fiction book, radio play and audio book.{{cite news|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/the-stranger-review-melanie-raabes-novel-of-sustained-psychological-suspense-20171215-h05nki.html|title=The Stranger review: Melanie Raabe's novel of sustained psychological suspense|author=Cameron Woodhead|date=22 December 2017|accessdate=22 December 2017}}
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 =
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!Year !Original Title !English translation !ISBN !Editor !Writer !Ref. |
| rowspan="1" |2011
|Die Zahnfee |"The Tooth Fairy" | rowspan="1" |— |— | rowspan="2" |Melanie Vega (Pseudonym) |
| rowspan="1" |2014
|Die Hässlichen |"The Ugly Ones" |978-3844-28019-7 |epubli GmbH |
| 2015
|Die Falle |"The Trap" | rowspan="1" |978-3442-75491-5 | rowspan="4" |btb Verlag | rowspan="4" |Melanie Raabe |
| 2016
|Die Wahrheit |"The Stranger" | rowspan="1" |978-3442-71690-6 |
| 2018
|Der Schatten |"The Shadow" |978-3442-71903-7 |
| 2019
|Die Wälder |"The Forests" |978-3442-75753-4 |
= Radio plays =
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!Year !Original Title !English translation !Writer !Editor !Ref. |
| rowspan="1" |2017
|Die Wahrheit |"The Stranger" | rowspan="2" |Melanie Raabe | rowspan="2" |Der Hörverlag |
| rowspan="1" |2019
|Der Abgrund |"The Abysm" |
= Audio books =
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!Year !Original Title !English version !Writer !Speaker !Ref. |
| rowspan="1" |2015
|Die Falle |"The Trap" | rowspan="4" |Melanie Raabe | rowspan="1" |Devid Striesow, Birgit Minichmayr |
| rowspan="1" |2016
|Die Wahrheit |"The Stranger" |Nina Kunzendorf, Andreas Pietschmann, Devid Striesow |
| 2018
|Der Schatten |"The Shadow" | rowspan="1" |Katja Bürkle, Melanie Raabe |
| 2019
|Die Wälder |"The Forests" | rowspan="1" |Melanie Raabe, Anna Schudt |
Awards and nominations
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!Year !Award !Category !Work !Result !Ref. |
| rowspan="1" |2011
|Tatort Eifel (German Short Crime Awards) |German Short Crime | rowspan="1" |Die Zahnfee |rowspan=1 {{won}} |
| rowspan="1" |2015
|Kulturförderpreis des Oberbergischen Kreises |Fiction | rowspan="1" |Herself |Second place |
| 2016
|Stuttgart Crime Fiction Awards (Witwer-Debut crime price) |Best german-speaking debut crime novel |Die Falle |rowspan=1 {{won}} |
| 2019
|Shortlist Leo-Perutz-Awards |Best new publication (Genre crime novel) |Der Schatten |rowspan=1 {{nominated}} |
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Category:People from Bezirk Gera
Category:German crime fiction writers
Category:21st-century German novelists
Category:21st-century German journalists
Category:21st-century German women journalists
Category:20th-century German novelists
Category:20th-century German journalists