Edelweis Ritt is from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, grandma and nerd; PhD in computer science, tech executive and founder of some start-ups. After eleven years living in Germany, she currently resides in Brazil with her husband. She plays the piano and has the study of languages as a hobby, being fluent in more than five languages. Currently she is learning Chinese.
Passionate about mysteries, her first novel, Ausentes, is a cozy mystery. Her second book released, Karol with a K, transports Lucy Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables story to the interior of São Paulo and spices up her adventures with a mystery.
Fervid reader. Pregnant with lots of books
In Ausentes I did a tribute to my English bulldog who left us this year: Essqua - Extract from Ausentes: ‘We were with our dog, a bulky and bad-tempered English bulldog who shared our slight misanthropy.”
Karol with a K was released this year and is a retelling of Anne of Green Gables.
"E. Ritt has built an engaging plot in the beautiful setting of Rio Grande do Sul and gifted us with the peculiarities of its traditions." Vanessa Guimarães, author of "O Beijo de Borboleta"
Ausentes
São José dos Ausentes - Brazil. A skull found in a creek propels Ana into a manic phase in her cyclothymic mind. With the assistance of her cousin, the town police chief, she investigates a murder. he geologist Rodrigo disappeared four years before, after a short vacation with his family and having evaluated the presence of rare earth mines. A cozy mystery with a glimpse into the cultural life of contemporary South Brazilians.
Karol com K
At the age of eleven, Karol, who grew up in the Casa do Menor in Sorocaba, was adopted by two brothers from Tatuí, in the interior of São Paulo, Marilia and Matheus. Arriving at Alfombra Verde, Karol has, for the first time, a family, a best friend, Diana, who goes to the same school, and meets Gilberto, the most handsome and petulant boy in school. This perfect scenario is distorted, however, when a teacher begins to receive anonymous letters with threats and accuses Matheus of being responsible. Karol, convinced that her dear and harmless adoptive father would never do such a thing, takes on the role of an investigator and finds herself in unexpected and risky situations.