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Sophie Weiner

Biography

Sophie Weiner

Sophie Weiner is a freelance translator and book publishing assistant from Baltimore, Maryland. After earning degrees in French from Bucknell University and New York University, Sophie went on to complete a master’s in literary translation from the Sorbonne, where she focused her thesis on translating wordplay in works by Oulipo authors. She has translated and written for web-based companies dedicated to art, cinema, and fashion as well as for nonprofit organizations. Growing up with BabarMadeline, and The Little Prince, Sophie was bitten by the Francophile bug at an early age, and is fortunate enough to have lived in Paris, Lille, and the Loire Valley.

Sophie Weiner

Books by Sophie Weiner

written by Laurent Guilaume, translated by Sophie Weiner - Crime, Fiction, Hard-boiled Mystery, Mystery

A man torn between two continents finds himself in a dangerous confrontation between tradition and corruption. Solo is a former cop who ran away from a dark past in France to start his life over again in Bamako, Mali, as a PI. An ordinary case turns out to be not so ordinary. The drug mule gets her throat slit, the French lawyer is too beautiful and too well-informed. The cocaine is too plentiful. This is classic noir with a modern twist set in Africa.

written by Anne-Laure Thiéblemont, translated by Sophie Weiner - Crime, Fiction, International Intrigue, Mystery

Marion Spicer spends her days examining auction catalogues and searching for stolen works of art. She is a top-notch investigator when it comes to 18th-century art. When she inherits a huge and very prestigious collection of pre-Columbian art from a father she never knew, her troubles begin. There are conditions attached: she must first find three priceless statues. Her father’s death sparked much greed, and Marion finds herself facing sharks, schemes, fences, traps, scams and attacks. Her quest draws her into a world where people will kill for a love of beauty.