Erik J MackiErik J. Macki worked as a cherry-orchard tour guide, copyeditor, web developer, and German and French teacher before settling into his translation career. A former resident of Cologne and Munster, Germany, and of Tours, France, he did his gradate work in Germanics and comparative syntax. He now translates books for adults and children full-time and has translated works by Kerstin Gier, Mirjam Pressler, Jutta Profijt, and Sara Blaedel, among others. He works from his home in Seattle, where he lives with his family and their black Lab, Zephyr. Read More Read Less