Melanie Raabe

Melanie Raabe was born in Jena in 1981. After studying, she worked as a journalist while writing books in her spare time. Her debut novel, The Trap (»Die Falle«), was published in 2015 and became a bestseller; it was followed by The Truth (»Die Wahrheit«), The Shadow (»Der Schatten«) and The Woods (»Die Wälder«), all of which also became SPIEGEL bestsellers. Her later publications include the suspense novels The Art of Disappearing (»Die Kunst des Verschwindens«) and The Longest Sleep (»Der längste Schlaf«), as well as nonfiction books and audio drama series. Her works have been published in more than 20 countries. The Shadow was adapted for ZDFneo. Raabe also developed the creativity podcast »Raabe & Kampf« with artist Laura Kampf.