Monika Helfer

Monika Helfer is the bestselling author of novels, short stories, and children's books, including, most recently, L?wenherz (Lionheart), Vati (Daddy), and Die Bagage (Last House Before the Mountain). She lives in Hohenems, Austria. Gillian Davidson is a literary translator based in London. Born and brought up in Scotland, she studied French and German at Edinburgh University, spending a year at W?rzburg University in South Germany. After working in Austria for six months, she returned to London to work in the finance office of a German company. She then spent most of her career working as an accountant in the UK public sector. Now retired, she enjoys devoting herself to her love of languages, adding Spanish to her repertoire. She greatly admires Monika Helfer's work and this novel is her first published work of translation.