Sabine Klewe pseudonym: Sabine Martin (born 1 February 1966 in Düsseldorf) is a German writer, who published mainly crime novels.

Life and work

Sabine Klewe, born 1966 in Düsseldorf, studied literature in

Düsseldorf Düsseldorf ( , , ; often in English sources; Low Franconian and Ripuarian: ''Düsseldörp'' ; archaic nl, Dusseldorp ) is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second-largest city in th ...

and London. Besides her work as an author she is also a freelance literary translator and lecturer at the Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf. In November 2006 she received for her short story "Marilyn" the Carinthian Thriller Prize (3rd place) and in December 2006 the

Förderpreis für Literatur der Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf The Förderpreis für Literatur der Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf is a German literary award donated by the City of Düsseldorf in North Rhine-Westphalia. The Prize for Literature in support of the City of Düsseldorf has been awarded since 1972 by ...

in Northrhine-Westphalia Since 2004, she has published five thrillers about the hobby investigator Katrin Sandmann. Together with the author Martin Conrath she has released four historical crime novels. In April 2013 appeared to her so far 12th novel: ''Die weißen Schatten der Nacht'' is the second case for the Düsseldorf investigators duo Lydia Louis and Christopher Solomon. Sabine Klewe is a member of the Köln-Düsseldorfer Kriminalkomitee.Sabine Klewe in: ''Buch Journal'', Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels, 2008, P. 18/100
/ref> She is the mother of three sons and lives in Bilk.

Awards

* 2006:

* 2006: Kärntner Krimipreis (3rd place) * 2013: Arbeitsstipendium der Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf

Publications

Katrin Sandman series

* 2004: Schattenriss * 2005: Kinderspiel * 2006: Wintermärchen * 2008: Blutsonne * 2013: Schwanenlied

Lydia Louis and Christopher Solomon series

* 2012: Der Seele weißes Blut * 2013: Die weißen Schatten der Nacht

Historical novels

* 2007: Das Geheimnis der Madonna (along with Martin Conrath) * 2008: Das Vermächtnis der Schreiberin (along with Martin Conrath) * 2009: Die schwarzseidene Dame * 2012: Die Henkerin (under the pseudonym Sabine Martin with Martin Conrath) * 2013: Die Tränen der Henkerin (under the pseudonym Sabine Martin with Martin Conrath)

Liz Montario and Georg Stadler series

* 2013: ''Schwesterlein, komm stirb mit mir'' (as Karen Sander) * 2014: ''Wer nicht hören will, muss sterben'' (as Karen Sander) * 2015: ''Ich sehe was, und das ist tot'' (as Karen Sander)

External links

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Website by Sabine Klewe

Portrait of Sabine Klewe in: Westdeutsche Zeitung

Portrait of Sabine Klewe in: Randomhouse

in: NRW Literatur im Netz

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Klewe, Sabine 1966 births Living people Writers from Düsseldorf German women novelists German crime writers German detective fiction writers German crime fiction writers 21st-century German novelists Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf alumni 21st-century German women writers Women crime fiction writers