Elke Schmitter

Elke Schmitter (born 25 January 1961, Krefeld, West Germany) is a German journalist, novelist and poet.

Elke Schmitter at Leipzig Book Fair 2012

After studying philosophy in Munich, Schmitter worked as a journalist until 1994, when she became a full-time writer.

Her first novel to be translated into English was Mrs Sartoris,^[1] published in German in 2000 and English in 2003, ISBN 978-0-375-72614-9.