Hi, I’m Annelie!
On Sundays, I publish new book chapters (currently The Viper). Every other Wednesday, I write about bookish background research, life in the Victorian era, and occasional think pieces. Roughly once a month, we have our community discussion in the Mystery Salon.
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About me
Grew up at butt-end of the World – also called “small East German village.” Total loser at school, then went out with little hammer & little chisel to help tear down the Berlin wall. End of communism resulted in beginning of creative freedom. Best thing ever! Even learned something in school!
Somehow ended up at university, studied biology, graduated, went with ship across the Atlantic (marine biology, yay!), chucked 20.000€ worth of sampling equipment into the deep sea (hauled it back up again, phew!), got some price fellowship from Caltech without realising they hand out only one per year.
Got an adjunct professorship in environmental microbiology; blogged for Nature and Spektrum der Wissenschaft. Got a full professorship and immediately handed in my notice.
Now I’m a Scribbler of Things (which somehow resulted in an award and several countries translating & publishing my stuff), workshop-giver for creative science writing, mentor for the Afghan Women Writing Project, house-fixer-upper, veggie-grower, cheese-maker and goatherd. Oh, and owl rehabber. Oh! And kangaroo rescuer!
About my books
“…provocative and original…” Peter Kavanagh, CBC Radio Producer
“…a formidable dark-romantic conspiracy novel. A duel of two deduction monsters.” Die Welt
“…the new dream team of detective literature.” KrimiLese
