Something interesting happened recently. Four years ago, I wrote A Lightness in My Soul, a WWII novella about a boy who is taken to the concentration camp, Dachau, by American troops. My friend, Marion, had met an old man in a car repair shop and he’d told her his story as a teen. Despite my […]
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Last week I showed my amazing daughter-in-law, Mar, some of the historical spots of my WWII novel Surviving the Fatherland. She also helps me with marketing on Instagram and Facebook. It so happens that we live a five-minute walk from the places, my parents and main protagonists endured the war. We stopped by the old
Well, at least let’s hope it’ll be happier than 2020. Corona, Covid-19, has cast its black veil across the planet. Few countries are as affected as the U.S. – When one feels down, it often helps to think about things we are grateful for. The list is long, but I will attempt to mention a
Man liest häufig, wie viele Bücher ein Autor in einem Jahr herausbringt. In manchen Genres schaffen es Schriftsteller, gleich mehrere Bücher pro Jahr zu veröffentlichen. Dagegen war die Entwicklung des biografischen Romans “Vaterland, wo bist Du?” über das Leben meiner Eltern als Kriegskinder und -jugendliche lang und steinig – sie dauerte 15 Jahre. Das liegt
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Heute traf endlich das erste Paperback Exemplar meines neuen Romans “Erzwungene Wege” ein. Es ist immer wieder schön, wenn man nach langen Monaten und viel Einsatz das gute Stück in Händen hält. Mehr zur Geschichte erfahrt Ihr auf der Buchseite. Bei LovelyBooks läuft noch bis Samstag, den 25. April 2020, der Mitlesewettbewerb. Gewinnt eins von 15
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Neueste Nachrichten: Vaterland, wo bist Du? landet auf der Longlist für den Skoutz-Award 2020 Ich schreibe zwar hauptsächlich Bücher, aber ich dachte, ich erzähle ein wenig über eins meiner Hobbys. In Missouri in den USA gibt es einen Fluss, an dem ich mit meinem Mann Forellen fange. Was alles schief gehen kann Mit den winzigen künstlichen
In 2002 I interviewed my parents about their experiences during WWII. They’d been kids, then youths in the post-war era, had met and fallen in love. But that’s not what I want to talk about here, I want to tell you about the first time I realized I loved writing. After that three-week task of
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If you read Surviving the Fatherland, you will likely enjoy When They Made Us Leave, the new WWII novel that I based on true-life accounts of participants in Hitler’s youth evacuation program. It is a love story, a historical adventure, and like Surviving the Fatherland provides a glimpse of German civilian life during the war”through
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Okay, I don’t mean time travel like in the Escape from the Past trilogy. I wish I could travel around as I pleased, but we all know only Max Nerds can do that. But I am returning to my old high school, Gymnasium August Dicke Schule in Solingen, Germany for an author visit. It’s a
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