Bettina Balàka

Bettina Balàka (born 1966) is an Austrian novelist, poet, essayist, playwright and short story writer.

Recent novels include Eisflüstern (The Whisper of Ice, 2006), Kassiopeia (2010) and Unter Menschen (Among People, 2014).

In addition to her novels, poetry, drama and radio plays, Balàka has frequently contributed to literary journals and anthologies.

[6] Die Prinzessin von Arborio tells how a restaurant owner who has committed three murders is interrogated by a psychologist who falls in love with her.

In Die Prinzessin von Arborio I've chosen criminal psychology, hybristophilia, and falling in love as the most beautiful form of psychosis.