Karla Schneider was born in Dresden in 1938. She worked as a bookseller and journalist before becoming a full-time writer. She has lived in Wuppertal since 1979. Previous publications in Hanser Verlag include Glückskind (2003), Die Geschwister Apraksin (2006) and Marcolini oder wie man Günstling wird (2007).
Tova lives on the wrong side of town with her mother, her two siblings and her grandfather. She doesn’t know her father and no one ever mentions him. There’s not a lot of money to go round, ...
2014 Ida-Dehmel-Literaturpreis
2009 Beste 7 Bücher für junge Leser, Deutschlandfunk
2008 Alex-Wedding-Preis, Berliner Akademie der Künste