The main character in my Tasmanian crime book is from Berlin. Her name is Cattis Cull, she’s a 33-year-old academic – and I only have a vague idea as to why I ‘made’ her German… I say made, but characters tend to create themselves.
Perhaps she’s German because:
- I love Berlin
- I have German heritage (my last name was Anglicised during WW1), and learnt German growing up
- One of my favourite books is Anna Funder’s Stasiland
- I can remember where I was when the Wall came down
- There’s something enigmatic, mysterious and cool about Berlin
I kind of imagine her looking like actress/author Kitty Aldridge.
Again, not sure why.