We proudly introduce our new author Martin Harzer! He lives and works in Dresden, just like us. After starting a career in music business he turned his attention to jobs like journalism or training people how to laugh. This is probably the reason why his debut novel is full of humour and adventure. Whether a conversation with Putin, Jesus, Janis Joplin or the attempt to down a windmill with Don Quijote – nothing seems impossible!
Janusz L. Wi?niewski’s “Loneliness on the Net” – Sold to Mongolian publisher
“Loneliness on the net” is a romantic novel orginally been published in Poland as “S@motno?? w sieci”. It still remains a highly demanded book. 2 million sold copies are not the end of the story. At least this shows the first request from Ulaanbaatar. Shortly after the Mongolian contract for Janusz L. Wi?niewski’s novel was signed we received inqueries from Turkey and Azerbaijan. A very readable book which will soon be available in 13 languages.
How do you plan an uncertain future without knowing if you will live long enough to see it? Melanie Brandl’s fictional novel with autobiographical background holds on to the art of thinking in a light and positive manner. As a freelance journalist, Melanie Brandl is writing articles, interviews and documentaries for the magazines Merkur and Brigitte Woman as well as the gms-Themendienst der Deutschen Presseagentur (dpa). Apart from working for newspapers and magazines, she is also author to stories for children and young adults.
We are very happy to welcome our new author Melanie Brandl to Semmelblond!
We proudly introduce to you our new author Fabian Grimm! Born in Bavaria and after an excellent state examination, he started teaching German and English. As an established secondary-school teacher he leads a fine life in the south of Germany. During his travels throughout Asia he found inspirations for his enthralling novel and incorporated many of these experiences into his story. Fabian Grimm interweaves touching but also harrowing episodes and creates an incising tale about the search for meaning of life and the escape from one’s own fate. We are confident that we might read more of him soon!
As July is nearing its end, we welcome the opportunity to introduce two of our new authors: Christiane Omasreiter and Kathrin Scheck. The dynamic duo have been friends since they met back in school and – even after stints in different jobs and cities – never lost the passion for their collaborative writing. Christiane Omasreiter is currently teaching English and Business Administration at a vocational school while Kathrin Scheck has been continuously working in real estate management. Both now live with their families in the beautiful alpine region, where the two of them also devised the idea for their debut novel. Calling their literary coproduction sophisticated almost seems like an understatement, considering the high level of coordination and harmonization collaborative writing asks of each partner. It is a task the long-standing friends tackle admirably: Empathetic yet haunting, their debut reveals how the mundanities of growing-up gradually become lost in an ever faster approaching tidal wave of tyranny and war.
