Background
Vanderbeke grew up in Frankfurt am Main after her family moved to West Germany in 1961.
Vanderbeke grew up in Frankfurt am Main after her family moved to West Germany in 1961.
She studied Law, Germanic and Romance languages.
The English translation of her debut novel, Das Muschelessen, by Jamie Bulloch was published in 2013 by Peirene Press as The Mussel Feast. Since 1993 she has been living in southern France. 1990 Ingeborg-Bachmann-Preis for "Muschelessen".