Melanie Raabe (born 1 August 1981 in Jena) is a German novelist and journalist.

Melanie Raabe was born in Jena, East Germany, and grew up in Wiehl.

[1] The movie rights for The Trap were sold at the Berlinale to TriStar Pictures.

[3] The book won the Stuttgart Crime Fiction Prize the following year.

She was nominated for the Shortlist Leo-Perutz Awards in the category Best new publication (crime novel) for The Shadow (dt.