Sally-Ann Spencer

Sally-Ann Spencer completed a BA and MPhil at Cambridge University and worked for several years as an editor and literary translator. She is enrolled at Victoria University of Wellington as a PhD student in German literature and translation studies, for which she holds a Victoria PhD scholarship. Her research focuses on recent English translations of German-language novels and on the reception of German-language literature in the English-language context. She has translated a range of...See more

Sally-Ann Spencer completed a BA and MPhil at Cambridge University and worked for several years as an editor and literary translator. She is enrolled at Victoria University of Wellington as a PhD student in German literature and translation studies, for which she holds a Victoria PhD scholarship. Her research focuses on recent English translations of German-language novels and on the reception of German-language literature in the English-language context. She has translated a range of contemporary German-language novels, including Sebastian Fitzek's Therapy , Frank Schatzing's eco-thriller The Swarm , Markus Heitz's Dwarves series, and picture books for Gecko Press. See less