When she sits down and starts to tell a story, the settings and her characters come alive in your mind instantly and magically.
Upcoming Events
1 October 2026 • 20:00 Frostblooms
Press Presentation and Reading, closed event, Fischer Verlag, Rosenstraße 19, Berlin-Mitte
Berlin
11 October 2026 • 15:00 Frostblooms
Book Fair Frankfurt, Imagination Stage, Halle 4.0, Reading and Book Signing; Ticket to the book fair is necessary.
Frankfurt am Main
28 November 2026 • 16:00 Frostblooms
Schwartzschen Villa, Grunewaldstr. 55, Steglitz, 24. Steglitzer Literaturfest, Reading
Berlin
1 December 2026 • 19:00 Frostblooms
Exilmuseum, Fasanenstraße 24, Reading and Discussion
Berlin
Recognition!
September 2, 2026. Special recognition for Frostblüten — and four weeks before publication!
I’m thrilled to share that Frostblüten has been selected for the democracy recommendation list of the German Academy for Children’s and Young Adult Literature and the Landesfachstelle für Büchereien und Bildung at Sankt Michaelsbund. The list’s official title is “For Democracy, Freedom, and Peaceful Coexistence.” I love those words! I’m especially pleased that Frostblüten was included even before its publication.
It’s that season again. Thirty-five years ago, on November 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall fell — and life in Germany was never the same again. For all of you who were around back then and want to experience those thrilling days and weeks again or for all of you teens, young adults, New Adults, and just plain old ordinary adults who enjoy a love story that makes you both laugh and cry, WALLFLOWER is the book for you — in English, German, Danish or Italian. For teachers of German, Ethics and History take a look at the teaching units (in German) here.
Poetry and Poetics: 13,33% True – Fact, Fiction and Autobiography
When I was asked to give a poetics lecture on November 21, 2023, in Halle, Germany, at the Martin-Luther-University, I knew immediately what I would be talking about. You can read my lecture here – in German.
Behind this link you’ll find all the Poetry & Poetics lectures held in recent years at the Faculty of Philosophy III Educational Sciences at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg on the subject of children’s and young adult literature. This includes lectures (in German-language!) by Paul Maar, Antje Tuckermann, Hans Joachim Gelberg, Michael Gutzschhahn and Antje Damm, among others. Take a look!
