Judith Zander
was born in Anklam, Germany, in 1980 and now lives in Berlin. In addition to writing poetry and prose, she translates English literature and is currently translating an early collection of poems by Sylvia Plath. Her first novel, Dinge, die wirheute sagten, [Things We Said Today] was published in 2010, and her first collection of poetry, oder tau, [Or Dawn] the following year. She has received numerous awards for her work.