Sabine Macher was born in ten-year-old West Germany, a country that has vanished now. She left for France in 1976, where she writes, translates, dances and takes small photographs that she looks at while traveling between Paris and elsewhere. She has published a dozen books, the most recent ones include deux coussins pour Norbert, éditions Le bleu du ciel, 2009, residence absolue, éditions Isabelle Sauvage, 2011. The l-notebook /(original title : carnet d'a) LaPresse, 2014 , translated by Eleni Sikelianos, is her first book in English.