The German translation of Coal Dreams – Kohlenträume – won the Kindle Storyteller Award 2025 from Amazon Germany. Needless to say I’m over the moon about being selected. Just attending the award ceremony with Marit Bernson and Nika Lubitsch, my fellow finalists, in Munich was super exciting. I met the jury, several book bloggers, fellow authors and various Amazon employees.
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When juror Jobst-Ulrich Brand, Ressortmanager of Culture and Life at Focus Magazine announced my name and the title of the book, I was speechless and pretty emotional. Afterwards, I received many congratulations, but more importantly met amazing, interesting people.
Since then I’ve talked to Amazon Publishing whose publishing arm Tinte & Feder will republish my book next year, Audible will create an audio book, I’ve been in the paper and in general feel like I’m part of a whirlwind. Most of all, this award provides national recognition for something I’ve doing quietly and continuously for more than two decades.
So thank you Amazon, thank you jurors and fellow finalists!