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Zeh, Juli
Juli Zeh is a German author born in Bonn. She studied law and literature in Passau and Leipzig and publishes short stories, essays and novels alongside her work as a lawyer. In 2005, she received the Per Olov Enquist Prize, a new award for young European authors.
Juli Zeh lives in Leipzig. She is married to the photographer and author David Finck. They have two children together.
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Literary figures
Melita Pargeter
Gender: Female
Mrs Melita Pargeter refuses to accept that her deceased husband was the man he was: a smart thief and fraudster. He left her a fortune and a promise from his gang to help her. She is, says author Simon Brett, a friendly, white-haired elderly lady, whose ample appearance hides a will of steel, great stubbornness and a sharp tongue – which makes her a formidable amateur detective.