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Cover Reveal

Tra-raaaaaaaa! The monkey is out of the proverbial bag!
At last, I can show you the cover of my new novel Affenliebe, which will be released on October 23d.

Summer 2025

It was a wonderful summer at my sea, on my SUP, on my rock, under my fig and apple trees!

Wonderful, because the Italian edition of my novel Zwischenschritte, Intermezzo, has won four literary awards, and the English one, In Between, two additional ones—making four in total, so far. I am overwhelmed with happiness: any recognition means a lot to any author, but even more so to an independent one.

On the Threshold

A true whirlwind, this past year—intense, creative, overwhelming. One challenge followed the next: it was largely a life outside my comfort zone, which not only brought me joy and new experiences but also gave me the opportunity to learn a great deal and discover unexpected abilities within myself. A year of personal and self-publishing growth filled with unforgettable moments.

The best gift!

This Christmas, give the gift of In Between.
This Christmas, give more than just simply a book. Give a book AND hope, new beginnings. Give love.
This Christmas, be bold and give the gift of change.
For now, just on paper, between the lines. But then sometimes, that’s all we need.

In Between

With great pleasure and a gust of pride, I would like to present to you In Between, the English edition of my novel Zwischenschritte.

From November 13, my story will be accessible to readers worldwide. The thought just blows my mind! It has been a long, intense journey – that’s just how it is with self-publishing, sometimes you find yourself a bit out of breath! – but every step has been worth it and brought me immense joy.

Intermezzo!

It is with great pleasure and excitement that I present Intermezzo, the Italian edition of my novel Zwischenshritte.

Set in the French city of Dijon, the book tells a story of a chance encounter, untold passions, and decisions that alter lives. Through Brigitte and Christian, deeply human characters, and moments of extraordinary emotional intensity, Intermezzo explores the vulnerabilities and strengths that define who we are.

"Zwischenschritte"-Reading Circle

Starting April the 8th you can apply to win one of 10 copies and take part in the reading cercle of my new novel “Zwischenschritte” on Lovely Books!

March 12th, 7p.m. Book Presentation

For the fifth time I am presenting one of my books in the City Library in Erlangen and I couldn’t be more happy about that.

FINALLY: My new novel „Zwischenschritte“ is out!

Finally.
1000 times finally.
My new novel, Zwischenshritte, will be available in bookstores in Germany at end of February! I am excited to announce that it is my first book that I am publishing myself- with a wonderful team of dedicated professionals-under my own label MORE books.

16.12.2023 Christmas Reading in Erlangen

It’s Christmas time: you can love it, you can hate it – but you cannot avoid it.

My author’s group Wortwerk from Erlangen will do its best to entertain you on this Saturday evening with stories and poems on the full emotional scale. So come, grab a bier or a tea or a glas of wine and slide into the 3d advent – listening to my Christmas story, too.

November 24th, Reading in Cumiana

Looking forward to presenting my book “Every Day, Every Hour” in Italian city of Cumiana by Torino, which is the twin town of Erlangen, where I live.

And off I go!

My dear readers, this Wednesday I’m retreating for 5 weeks to my island of Brač to paddle on my SUP, taste the sea and eat some black gnocchi with seafood – but above all to research and write miraculous venetian stories about the female ancestors of my main character Sebastiano. What a challenge this will be!

June 6th

Today is Sebastiano’s birthday. It was a hot afternoon on the crowded piazza and the sea gulls were going wild under the glowing Venetian sky as he saw into his mother’s eyes – with certainty that something was wrong, very wrong.

My Leipzig fairy tale

Book fair in Leipzig, 2011. A Croatian native speaker presents to the world her debut novel. After the world has already fallen in love with the story of Dora and Luka – so passionately that everybody wants it.

Discovery

I made a heart-warming discovery recently. In a box in my cellar I found an unfinished novel I wrote when I was a teenager. Everything was still there, hand written: the three notebooks; a map of Great Britain ripped out of my school atlas; research notes; a list of characters; relevant historical events. I didn’t have to read the manuscript to know which book had inspired me to write it.

My Church and I

This is one of the most beautiful views of Chiesa Madonna dell’Orto in Venice, sestiere Cannaregio. In my Venice-trilogy it is of great importance, not only because it is the favorite church of Elisabetta, the nòna of my main character Sebastiano, but because it is a scene of some fateful incidents in the first book. I, Elisabetta’s and Sebastiano’s creator, love it first and foremost for the painting – that is not there any more.

In the read-out jury

It was such an honor to be a part of the jury for the regional 27th Read-Out Competition among Schools of Economics and be able to listen to those wonderful, highly motivated kids.

Venice again and again

Even when I am not working on my Venice novel or when I am not strolling through the Venetian calli – Serenissima is always on my mind. It is my home.