Erik J MackiErik J. Macki worked a variety of jobs--cherry-orchard tour guide, copy editor, web developer, and German and French teacher--before settling into his career as a translator. He has lived in Cologne and Münster, Germany, and Tours, France, and did hi graduate work in Germanics and comparative syntax, all of which have prepared him for his current full-time work translating books for adults and children. He has translated works by Kerstin Gier, Mirjam Pressler, Jutta Profijt, and Sara Blædel, among others, and works from his home in Seattle, where he lives with his family and their black Lab, Zephyr. Read More Read Less