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. Her first novel was published in 1991, followed by more than a dozen more and significant popular success by the middle of that decade.
Petra Hammesfahr

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- Name
- Petra Hammesfahr
- Born
- 10 May 1951
- Birthplace
- Immerath (Erkelenz), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Nationality
- Germany.
- Occupation
- writer and screenwriter.
- Fields
- literature and film screenwriting.
- Honours
- Frauenkrimipreis der Stadt Wiesbaden.
- Languages
- German.
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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. Her first novel was published in 1991, followed by more than a dozen more and significant popular success by the middle of that decade.
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She published over 40 novels in German. Her novel The Sinner was published in English by Bitter Lemon Press in 2007 and again in 2017 in the United States by Penguin Books, translated from the original by John Brownjohn. 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. Despite initially being a limited series, the show would be renewed for three more seasons, finally ending on December 1, 2021. A second translated novel, The Lie, was published by Bitter Lemon Press in 2010.

The writer Petra Hammesfahr presents one of her books in Cologne, Germany
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Petra Hammesfahr (* 10. Mai 1951 in Titz, Kreis Düren) ist eine deutsche Schriftstellerin und Drehbuch-Autorin.
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• Name — Petra Hammesfahr • Born — 10 May 1951 • Birthplace — Immerath (Erkelenz), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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1951
Petra Hammesfahr born at Titz.
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• Petra Hammesfahr bio – NRW Literatur im Netz
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- 1.Klaus Spangenmacher. Interview mit Petra Hammesfahr. Stephen-king.de.
- 2.Petra Hammesfahr. bitterlemonpress.com.
- 3.Petra Hammesfahr - Autoren - NRW Literatur im Netz. www.nrw-literatur-im-netz.de.
- 4.The Sinner by Petra Hammesfahr. PenguinRandomHouse.com.
- 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.Bitter Lemon Press. bitterlemonpress.com. Petra Hammesfahr: The Sinner.
- 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.
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