[[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] writer,[10][11][12][13][14][15] and editor.[16]]Biography
He has translated the German novels Guantanamo, by Dorothea Dieckmann (published in the U.S. by Soft Skull and in the U.K. by Duckworth), Wetlands and Wrecked by Charlotte Roche (both published in the U.S. by Grove/Atlantic and in the U.K. by 4th Estate), Broken Glass Park, The Hottest Dishes of the Tartar Cuisine,[17] Just Call Me Superhero, and Baba Dunja's Last Love by Alina Bronsky[18] (all published worldwide by Europa Editions), Tiger Milk by Stefanie de Velasco, and two novels by Wolfgang Herrndorf: Tschick, published in English as Why We Took the Car, and Sand.[19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][10]
Guantanamo was the recipient of the Three Percent award for best translation of 2007. The Hottest Dishes was named to Publishers Weekly's Best Books of 2011 list[27] and the Los Angeles Public Library's Best Books of 2011,[28] and nominated for the 2013 IMPAC Dublin literary award.[29] Tiger Milk was also long-listed for the IMPAC Dublin award.[30]A project Mohr was working on with Hunter S. Thompson at the time Thompson's death was published as the writer's final interview[31][32][33] in Playboy's May 2005 issue and later included in the book Ancient Gonzo Wisdom,[12] published by Da Capo.
Mohr collaborated[34] with original Guns N' Roses and Velvet Revolver bassist Duff McKagan on It's So Easy (and other lies), McKagan's memoir,[35] published in October, 2011. The Los Angeles Public Library included It's So Easy on its list of the best books of the year,[36] and the book was also named one of Amazon.com's "Best Books of 2011: Entertainment Section".[37] Mohr also edited[38][39][40] Gil Scott-Heron's posthumous memoir, The Last Holiday, which was published in January, 2012.
In April, 2014, KISS frontman Paul Stanley published Face the Music, a memoir he collaborated on with Mohr.[41] The book peaked at number two on the New York Times Best Seller list.[42]
Mohr's narrative history of East German punk rock and the role the movement played in bringing down the Berlin Wall and in forming the culture of 21st century Berlin was published in German by Heyne[43] in March 2017 as Stirb nicht im Warteraum der Zukunft: Die ostdeutschen Punks und der Fall der Mauer and in English by Algonquin Books, September 11, 2018 as Burning Down the Haus: Punk Rock, Revolution, and the Fall of the Berlin Wall.[44][45][10][46][47][10][48][49][50]
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2. ^{{cite news|author=Michel Faber |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/jun/21/saturdayreviewsfeatres.guardianreview4 |title=Review: Guantánamo by Dorothea Dieckmann | Books |work=The Guardian |location=UK |accessdate=21 October 2011 |date=21 June 2008}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.newyorker.com/arts/reviews/brieflynoted/2008/01/07/080107crbn_brieflynoted2 |title=Guantanamo |work=The New Yorker |date=1 August 2011 |accessdate=21 October 2011}}
4. ^{{cite web|last=Klingman |first=Jeff |url=http://www.thelmagazine.com/newyork/guantanamo-a-novel/Content?oid=1138731 |title=Guantanamo: A Novel |work=The L Magazine |accessdate=21 October 2011}}
5. ^{{cite web|last=Manjoo |first=Farhad |url=http://www.slate.com/id/2215273 |title=Wetlands is the "2 Girls 1 Cup" of novels. – Slate Magazine |publisher=Slate.com |accessdate=21 October 2011}}
6. ^{{cite news|last=Tisdale |first=Sallie |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/19/books/review/Tisdale-t.html |title=Book Review – 'Wetlands,' by Charlotte Roche – Review |work=The New York Times |date=16 April 2009 |accessdate=21 October 2011}}
7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.europaeditions.com/reviews.php?Id=85 |title=Catalogue – Book – News and Reviews |publisher=Europaeditions |accessdate=21 October 2011}}
8. ^{{cite news|last=Fontaine |first=Nancy |url=http://www.seattlepi.com/books/418769_133085-blogcritics.org.html |title=Book Review: Broken Glass Park by Alina Bronsky |publisher=seattlepi.com |date=26 April 2011 |accessdate=21 October 2011}}
9. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/reviews/single/163871-the-hottest-dishes-of-the-tartar-cuisine.html |title=Fiction Review: The Hottest Dishes of the Tartar Cuisine by Alina Bronsky, trans. from the German by Tim Mohr|work=Publishers Weekly |date=14 February 2011 |accessdate=21 October 2011}}
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13. ^{{cite news|last=Mohr |first=Tim |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/14/books/review/Mohr-t.html |title=Book Review – The Box – By Günter Grass |work=The New York Times |date=12 November 2010 |accessdate=21 October 2011}}
14. ^{{cite news|last=Mohr |first=Tim |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/03/books/review/Mohr-t.html |title=Book Review – Fame – A Novel in Nine Episodes – By Daniel Kehlmann |location=Germany |work=The New York Times |date=1 October 2010 |accessdate=21 October 2011}}
15. ^{{cite news| url=http://travel.nytimes.com/2005/12/18/travel/18gibraltar.html | work=The New York Times | title=Gibraltar: A British Outpost With a Sunny Latin Flavor | date=18 December 2005}}
16. ^{{cite web|last=Stolz |first=Kim |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1574295/duran-duran-playboy-team-up-rock-rabbit.jhtml |title=Duran Duran And Playboy Team Up To 'Rock The Rabbit,' Celebrate Band's 13th LP |publisher=MTV |date=15 November 2007 |accessdate=21 October 2011}}
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