Borger & Straub

One lives in Munich, the other on the Danish border ; yet despite the distance, Martina Borger and Maria Elisabeth Straub have been a successful author duo for almost twenty years. In 2001, they published their first collaborative novel ›Cat’s Tongues‹ which was made into a film in 2003. They received the ›Prize for Women’s Crime Fiction‹ awarded by the City of Wiesbaden for their short story ›Little Sister‹ in 2002. Following their novel ›In the Ring‹ they decided to go solo: After the publication of Maria Elisabeth Straub’s novel ›The Gift‹ and Martina Borger’s ›Dear Luca‹, they are now reunited as a team once more.

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»The shortened pen name Borger & Straub has long since become well known in literature. Merciless and perspicacious, the two authors probe the human psyche, masterfully build up tension – and in their detached way ultimately drive the story to its inevitably disastrous climax.«Der Spiegel