Elke Naters

Elke Naters (* 1963 in Munich ) is a German writer . She is considered a representative of popular literature .

Naters initially trained as a tailor and studied art and photography before she landed a great success in 1998 with her debut novel queens . Her novels deal with friendship and love , with interpersonal relationships and their failure. Often the protagonists are women.

Elke Naters has written numerous short radio plays for the broadcast series of Deutschlandradio Kultur . She is married to the writer Sven Lager and lived with him and their two children temporarily in Hermanus , South Africa , and later back in Berlin .

Works

• Queens . Cologne 1998; 4th edition, dtv, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-423-20635-7 .
• Lies . Cologne 1999; List, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-548-60728-3 .
• Mau Mau . Cologne 2002; dtv, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-423-13196-9 .
• GLAM Cologne 2001; dtv, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-423-20603-9 .
• the book - Leben am pool (edited together with Sven Lager), KiWi, Cologne 2001, ISBN 3-462-02993-2 .
• Thirst hunger tired (together with Sven Lager), 2004, ISBN 3-462-03432-4 .
• Justyna . Kiepenheuer and Witsch, Cologne 2006, ISBN 978-3-462-03688-6 .
• What we understand about love (together with Sven Lager), btb, 2008, ISBN 978-3-442-75212-6 .
• Instructions for use for South Africa (together with Sven Lager), Piper, Munich / Zurich 2010, ISBN 978-3-492-27580-4 .
• Later rain. Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Cologne 2012, ISBN 978-3-462-04461-4 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Elke Naters in the catalog of the German National Library
• Short biography and reviews of works by Elke Naters at perlentaucher.de