Bettina is a literary translator and non-fiction writer from Germany. She graduated from Philipps-University Marburg, and worked as an editor for two publishing houses before she started full-time translating (and part-time writing). She has translated works by V. S. Naipaul, Joseph Boyden, Leslie Marmon Silko, Tony Hillerman, William Goldman, Wally Lamb, Rebecca Solnit, Craig Silvey, Philipp Kerr, and – most recently – Amy Liptrot and Ishbel Holmes.

Bettina has received several grants and residencies, and was twice shortlisted for the German Children’s Literature Award. She lives near Frankfurt, Germany.