Nina George
German writer
Nina George (born 30 August 1973) is a German writer. She is best known for her first bestselling novel The Little Paris Bookshop (first published in German as Das Lavendelzimmer in 2013), which has been translated into more than 28 languages as of 2015, and sold more than 500.000 copies. She has published 26 books (novels, mysteries and non-fiction) as well as over hundred short stories and more than 600 columns. George has worked as a cop reporter, columnist and managing editor for a wide range of publications, including Hamburger Abendblatt, Die Welt, Der Hamburger, as well as TV Movie and Federwelt.
George writes also under three pen names. She writes non-fiction about issues of love, sexuality and eroticism, under the pseudonym Anne West. Under her married name Nina Kramer she wrote a thriller in 2008. She also wrote detective novels with her husband and co-writer Jo Kramer, their pseudonym being Jean Bagnol.
George is a member of the administrative board of the Collective Management Organisation VG Wort. She is chairwoman of the VG-Wort ‘e-Book’ working group.
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Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1992775. VIAF identifies the subject as 69766470. The Library of Congress control number is n2014068101. 7 of 10 selected statements include explicit references; 8 carry qualifiers and 2 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1973, 2013, 2015 and 2008.
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