About Melanie Raabe

Melanie Raabe was born in Jena in 1981. After her studies, she worked by day as a journalist – and secretly wrote books by night. Her novel “The Trap” appeared in 2015, followed by “The Stranger” in 2016, “The Shadow” in 2018 and “The Forests” in 2019. Her books have been translated into 22 languages and several film adaptations are being developed. Melanie Raabe also co-hosts “Raabe & Kampf”, a successful weekly podcast about creativity with artist Laura Kampf. Melanie Raabe lives and works in Cologne. Her 2022 novel “The Art of Disappearing” marks her first foray away from the traditional thriller genre and takes us into a world where everything is possible and nothing is certain.

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Books with contribution of Melanie Raabe


Wir dachten, wir könnten fliegen

Wir dachten, wir könnten fliegen

Herausgegeben von Matthias Jügler
Illustriert von Barbara Dziadosz
Penguin

978-3-328-60453-2

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