Charlotte Link

Charlotte Link (born 5 October 1963) is a German writer. She is among the most successful contemporary authors writing in German.

Life Charlotte Link is the daughter of well-known German writer and journalist Almuth Link. She wrote her first work, Die schöne Helena, when she was just 16 years old and published it at the age of 19.

She is known as much for novels about contemporary life as for psychological detective novels in the English manner. Her books Sturmzeit, Wilde Lupinen, and Die Stunde der Erben form a trilogy. These, among others, have been filmed for TV series for the German television station ZDF.

Her novel Am Ende des Schweigens was nominated in 2004 for the fiction category of the Deutsche Bücherpreis (German Book Prize), while her book Die Rosenzüchterin, published in 2000, remained for several weeks at the top of the Spiegel bestseller list.

Selected works Year Original title English title Notes 1985 Cromwells Traum oder Die schöne Helena Cromwell's Dream or The Beautiful Helena 1986 Wenn die Liebe nicht endet When Love Doesn't Die 1987 Die Sterne von Marmalon The Stars of Marmalon 1987 Verbotene Wege Forbidden Ways 1989 Sturmzeit Stormy Season Stormy season trilogy: 1 1992 Wilde Lupinen Wild Lupins Stormy Season trilogy: 2 1993 Schattenspiel Shadow Games 1989 Die Stunde der Erben The Heritage Stormy season trilogy: 3 1996 Die Sünde der Engel The Sin of the Angels 1998 Der Verehrer The Admirer 1999 Das Haus der Schwestern The Sisters' House 2000 Die Rosenzüchterin The Rose Gardener 2002 Die Täuschung The Deception 2003 Am Ende des Schweigens At the End of Silence 2005 Der fremde Gast The Foreign Guest 2006 Die Insel The Island 2006 Das Echo der Schuld The Echo of Guilt 2008 Die letzte Spur The Last Track 2009 Das andere Kind The Other Child 2010 Mitternachtspicknick Midnight Picnic YA fiction 2010 Gefährlicher Sommer Dangerous Summer YA fiction 2010 Mondschein Geflüster Moonlight Whispers YA fiction 2011 Diamantenraub The Diamond Heist YA fiction 2011 Der Beobachter The Watcher 2012 Im Tal des Fuchses In the Valley of the Fox 2014 Sechs Jahre. Der Abschied von meiner Schwester Six Years. Farewell to My Sister Autobiography 2015 Die Betrogene Cheated 2016 Die Entscheidung Decision 2018 Die Suche The Search

Awards In 2007, Link was awarded the Goldene Feder (Golden Feather) for her literary achievements.