Mirjam Pressler

Being the author of more than 30 children's and teenage books, she also translated into German more than 300 works by other writers from Hebrew, English, Dutch and Afrikaans.

[2] Born to a Jewish mother, Pressler was raised in a foster home.

Before becoming a writer, she was a jeans shop retailer for eight years, who, as a single mother, raised three daughters.

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