Petra Hammesfahr

Petra Hammesfahr (born 10 May 1951) is a German crime writer. She has won several awards, including the Crime Prize of Wiesbaden and the Rhineland Literary Prize.[1][2]

Petra Hammesfahr
Hammesfahr in 2008
Born	10 May 1951 Immerath (Erkelenz), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Nationality	German

Hammesfahr was born in Immerath (Erkelenz), North Rhine-Westphalia.[3] Her first novel was published in 1991, followed by more than a dozen more and significant popular success by the middle of that decade.

She published over 40 novels in German. Her novel The Sinner was published in English by Bitter Lemon Press in 2007 and again 2017 in the United States by Penguin Books, translated from the original by John Brownjohn.[4][5][6] The Sinner has been adapted for television by USA Network as an eight-episode limited series starring Jessica Biel and Bill Pullman, and premiered on 2 August 2017.

A second novel, The Lie, was published by Bitter Lemon Press in 2010.[7]

References

1. Klaus Spangenmacher. "Interview mit Petra Hammesfahr" (in German). Stephen-king.de. Archived from the original on 20 April 2009. Retrieved 14 April 2010.
2. "Petra Hammesfahr". bitterlemonpress.com. Retrieved 14 April 2010.
3. "Petra Hammesfahr - Autoren - NRW Literatur im Netz". www.nrw-literatur-im-netz.de (in German). Retrieved 24 February 2019.
4. "The Sinner by Petra Hammesfahr". PenguinRandomHouse.com. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
5. "The Sinner/Petra Hammesfahr". Publishers Weekly. 24 December 2007. Translated from the German by John Brownjohn; release date (U.S.): 1 February 2008. Retrieved 2017-08-02.
6. "Petra Hammesfahr: The Sinner". Bitter Lemon Press. bitterlemonpress.com. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
7. "The Lie/Petra Hammesfahr". Publishers Weekly. 22 March 2010. Translated from the German by Mike Mitchell; release date (U.S.): 1 April 2010. Retrieved 2017-08-02.

External links

• Petra Hammesfahr bio – NRW Literatur im Netz (in German)