Sarah Matthias

Author

Sarah Matthias has always had an interest in Germany and its history, particularly World War Two. As a child she lived next door to a family of German Jews who had fled Germany in the 1940s.

​Sarah’s first job after leaving Oxford university was with the BBC where she was involved in making a documentary called The Nazi Hunter, based on the life and work of Simon Wiesenthal, a holocaust survivor who spent much of his life tracking down war criminals. A Berlin exhibition, Hitler and the Germans, Nation and Crime, further inspired her to research the wartime persecution of the Romani people and to write her book, A Berlin Love Song.

Sarah’s previous books include three well-received medieval mystery stories for children: The Riddle of the Poisoned Monk, Tom Fletcher and the Angel of Death and Tom Fletcher and the Three Wise Men.

Media

Read a ‘behind the scenes’ interview with Sarah at Playing by the book which includes insights into her inspiration, her writing process and photos of her notebooks!

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www.sarahmatthias.co.uk

Books