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Hometown:: Berlin, Germany

About Me:: I'm a freelance editor and translator of crime fiction. My passion is anything popular culture, from erotica to fantasy to crime. I love hard-boiled and queer crime. I am with Rotbuch Verlag Berlin which publishes the German edition of Hard Case Crime. My latest translation was a historical novel by debut author Barbara Pope, Cézanne's Quarry.

I Am A:: Reader, Writer, Editor

Website:: http://www.hardcasecrime.de

Books And Authors I Like:: Current fave crime novels:
Lawrence Block, Grifter's Game (HCC), Oliver Bottini, Mord im Zeichen des Zen, Ken Bruen/ Jason Starr, Bust (HCC), Elisabeth Herrmann, Das Kindermädchen, Stephen L. Carter, New England White, Lionel Shriver, We Need to Talk about Kevin

All-time fave crime author:
CARL HIAASEN

Quote of the Month

There were three cops I talked to. One was a local plainclothesman, a comic relief clown who chewed cut plug. One was from the county District Attorney's office, a ferret with delusions of grandeur. And the third was a State CID, an ice-grey man with no tear ducts.

from: Donald E. Westlake, 361

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Introduction to my life as a crime editor

This is an introductory post starting this blog. I love the idea of CrimeSpace, of having an international, blog-based community to share our thoughts and love for crime fiction. Thus I joined. Having said that, I won't have much time ... you are likely to find here once-in-a-while posts relating to my professional life mostly. And perhaps rants about the German crime scene ;-).

This is what ~~made my life hell~~ put bread on my table since January 1st:

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Posted on March 19, 2008 at 4:30am — 12 Comments

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At 12:37am on August 15, 2008, Stephen D. Rogers said…: Hey Lisa,

Thanks so much for the research tip.

Stephen

At 1:42am on August 9, 2008, Stephen D. Rogers said…: Hey Lisa,

Question for you - I'm researching German mysteries published before 1941. In particular, I'm looking for protagonists who would now be called private investigators.

Any suggestions?

Stephen
http://www.stephendrogers.com

At 9:34am on June 6, 2008, Jean Henry Mead said…: It's great to have someone of your caliber in CrimeSpace. I had a couple of historical articles published in Germany when Tom Jeier was editor of I-wish-I-could-remember the magazine name. :-)

At 3:00am on April 17, 2008, Robert Freemyer said…: Welcome Lisa. I was an Army house husband in Germany and taught a fifth grade class of German children in Wertheim in the 80's. It was a great experience. My son is stationed there now and plans on doing as many years there as they'll let him.

At 11:04pm on March 24, 2008, L. A. Starks said…: Welcome! I visited Berlin for the first time last summer. What a fascinating place.

At 2:32pm on March 20, 2008, Karen from AustCrime said…: Lovely to see a translator join in - I'm very partial to translators without whom I wouldn't be reading anywhere near the range of books that I love :)

Hope you enjoy Crimespace.

At 11:50am on March 19, 2008, Grant McKenzie said…: Welcome, Lisa. Nice to see you here. My debut thriller, Switch, will be introduced to international publishers by Bantam UK at the London Book Fair in April. Looking forward to it.

At 5:47am on March 19, 2008, Ludger said…: Hey Lisa,
nice to meet you here and thanks for your friend request.;-)

Liebe Grüße
Ludger