Monika Buttler

Monika Buttler studied literary studies, German and philosophy and worked for many years as a journalist and residential-living editor at a magazine. Since 2001, she published crime novels and more than 40 short crime stories, as well as a radio play, literary prose and non-fiction. Her novels include “Herzraub,” “Abendfrieden,” “Dunkelzeit” and “Die Schwarze Witwe von Wien.” She also edited crime-fiction anthologies and translated thrillers from Danish. Her later publications include the memoir “Ich liebe einen Orientalen. Mein Leben zwischen zwei Kulturen.”