Grän, Christine#
Graen, Christine, b. Graz (Styria), April 18, 1952, journalist and author. Lived in Botswana from 1978-1982, where she worked as a journalist and wrote her first novel; since then one of the most successful Austrian authors of detective stories (1994 Marlowe Prize for the best German detective story). Several of her novels have been made into films.
Works#
Weisse sterben selten in Samyana, 1986; Nur eine laessliche Suende, 1988; Ein Brand ist schnell gelegt, 1990; Die kleine Schwester der Wahrheit, 1990; Dead is beautiful, 1990; Ein moerderischer Urlaub, 1990; Hongkong 1997, 1991; Grenzfaelle, 1992; Marx ist tot, 1993; Mit Mord beginnt ein schoener Sommer, 1994; Dame sticht Bube, 1997; Die Hochstaplerin, 1999.