Alexandra Fischer-Hunold

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Alexandra Fischer-Hunold (* 1966 in Düsseldorf ) is a German author of books for children and young people whose works are set in the fantasy , adventure, crime and school sectors.

Life

After graduating from high school, Alexandra Fischer-Hunold studied German and English, completed a bank apprenticeship and then worked at the Cologne travel guide publisher DuMont . As a teenager, after reading Astrid Lindgren's works and getting to know the character of the writing Mr Melcher Melcherson while on vacation on Crow Island, she made the decision to write “exciting stories for children” one day. Since the birth of her daughter in 1997, she has been writing her dissertation on Michael Ende and writing children's books and reading stories. Her books are aimed primarily at female audiences between the ages of six and ten. The author has developed several series, such as B.Die Gespensterschule , Laura @ Internat and the Princess Rosalea series and various guessing stories written against different national backgrounds. One of her most unusual projects was the child-friendly story of Konrad Adenauer : Konrad, the Chancellor: Konrad Adenauer - his life for children told (2009), where she was able to fall back on the extensive knowledge of her cousin and oldest grandson Konrad Adenauer with the same name.

In 2008, Alexandra Fischer-Hunold was among other things, alongside Günter Wallraff, the only female writer on the jurors of the German Reading Prize .

For Lord Gordon - A pug on a royal mission , she received the Hansjörg Martin Prize in 2017 .

Some of her works have been translated into Dutch , Romansh and Hungarian .

Alexandra Fischer-Hunold lives with her husband and daughter and a dog named Boatswain as a memory of Lindgren in Westphalia in Münster-Gievenbeck .

review

Concerning Konrad, the Chancellor: Konrad Adenauer - his life told for children (2009), Constantin Graf von Hoensbroech said that the author succeeds in “skillfully telling the many historical data and facts in connection with the life of the Chancellor as a story with stories and history just not to be worked through as the stringing together of dust-dry data and facts. The timeline with the most important dates and events is very helpful and instructive at the end of the book. The result is a book that is well worth reading, which gets its charm from its successful mixture of lively narrative, exact history and child-friendly illustration and certainly also reports some surprising things for Adenau connoisseurs and those interested in politics ”.

Cornelia Geißler praised the concept of crime thrillers in the Berliner Zeitung : “In the action texts, factual information and elements of tension merge inconspicuously. At the end of each book there is more background information on the respective country, the living conditions and above all on nature. This is how reading makes you smart ”.

However, the author's excursion into the area of ​​romantic infatuation among young people ( Biete Luftschloss, looking for a dream prince ) did not necessarily go down well with her readers, as an 11-year-old on behalf of the Hessischer Rundfunk said at the Frankfurt Book Fair : the book was rather mediocre to be endured because of its lengths and only because of the relatively loose writing. “The basic idea on which the story is built [is] not new, and after the third chapter at the latest, everyone can imagine how it will end anyway. Then the non-stop gossip from Tabea about Jan-Justus really annoys me. She really sees everything through the pink glasses! You can't stand that! "

Works

• The ghost school
  • Vol. 1. Amalia and the bat castle . Kerle bei Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 2001, ISBN 3-451-70394-7
  • Vol. 2. Amalia and the ghost pirates . Kerle bei Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 2002, ISBN 3-451-70436-6
  • Vol. 3. Amalia and the hidden treasure . Kerle bei Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 2002, ISBN 3-451-70438-2
  • Vol. 4. Amalia and the horror tourists . Kerle bei Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 2002, ISBN 3-451-70474-9
  • Vol. 5. Amalia and the Ghost Riders . Kerle bei Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 2002, ISBN 3-451-70475-7
• Ghost horses and other secrets . Drawings by Astrid Vohwinkel, Loewe, Bindlach 2003, ISBN 3-7855-4617-3
• Laura @ Internat
  • Vol. 1. Laura wants to know . Kerle bei Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 2003, ISBN 3-451-70479-X
  • Vol. 2. Secret Matter: Corn Poppy . Kerle bei Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 2003, ISBN 3-451-70480-3
  • Vol. 3. Live on the air . Kerle bei Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 2003, ISBN 3-451-70533-8
  • Vol. 4. Save the boarding school Kerle bei Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 2004, ISBN 3-451-70534-6
• Reading lion equestrian vacation stories . Drawings by Anne Wöstheinrich. Loewe, Bindlach 2004, ISBN 3-7855-4784-6
• Read pirate girl stories . Illustrations by Heike Wiechmann . Loewe, Bindlach 2004, ISBN 3-7855-4946-6
• Dog stories . With pictures by Anja Rieger, Ravensburger Buchverlag, Ravensburg 2004, ISBN 3-473-36039-2
• Read pirate viking stories . With illustrations by Petra Theissen, Loewe, Bindlach 2004, ISBN 3-7855-5155-X
• The mysterious treasure hunt . With pictures by Achim Ahlgrimm, Coppenrath, Münster 2004
• Koalas disappeared without a trace! . A guessing thriller from Australia. Illustrations by Daniel Sohr, Loewe, Bindlach 2005, ISBN 3-7855-5383-8
• In the valley of the gold diggers . With drawings by Heribert Schulmeyer, Loewe, Bindlach 2005, ISBN 3-7855-5327-7
• Ghost dance at midnight . With pictures by Harmen van Straaten, Ravensburger Buchverlag, Ravensburg 2005, ISBN 3-473-36089-9
• Bankruptcies, bad luck & embarrassments . Ravensburger Buchverlag, Ravensburg 2005, ISBN 3-473-52286-4
• Read pirate school friends stories . Illustrations by Betina Gotzen-Beek, Loewe, Bindlach 2005, ISBN 3-7855-5514-8
• Read pirate skater stories . Illustrations by Silke Voigt, Loewe, Bindlach 2006, ISBN 978-3-7855-5651-1
• On the run through Tokyo . A guessing thriller from Japan. Illustrations by Daniel Sohr, Loewe, Bindlach 2006, ISBN 978-3-7855-5667-2
• Read pirate pony friends stories . Illustrations by Silke Voigt, Loewe, Bindlach 2006, ISBN 978-3-7855-5735-8
• together with Angela Waidmann : Frogs & Prince Charming . Two love stories from 12, special edition, Ravensburger Buchverlag, Ravensburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-473-54295-6
• Reading lion riding rally . Drawings by Anne Wöstheinrich and Rebecca Abe, Loewe, Bindlach 2007, ISBN 978-3-7855-6055-6
• For dinner without an alibi . A guessing thriller from England. Illustrations by Daniel Sohr, Loewe, Bindlach 2007, ISBN 978-3-7855-5724-2
• The magic friend . With pictures by Katharina Wieker, Loewe, Bindlach 2007, ISBN 978-3-7855-4753-3
• Reading lion mammoth stories . Drawings by Leopé , Loewe, Bindlach 2008, ISBN 978-3-7855-5004-5
• Read pirate castle stories . Illustrations by Eva Czerwenka, Loewe, Bindlach 2008, ISBN 978-3-7855-5995-6
• The million dollar conspiracy . A guessing thriller from the USA. Illustrations by Joachim Krause, Loewe, Bindlach 2008, ISBN 978-3-7855-4665-9
• together with Werner Färber : I am offering a castle in the air, looking for a dream prince . Special edition, Ravensburger Buchverlag, Ravensburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-473-54342-7
• Princess Rosalea and the secret recipe . Illustrations by Julia Ginsbach, Loewe, Bindlach 2009, ISBN 978-3-7855-6638-1
• together with Philipp von Ketteler : Konrad, the Chancellor: Konrad Adenauer - tells his life for children . In collaboration with Konrad Adenauer . Aschendorff, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-402-12809-1
• Reading pirate police stories . Illustrations by Karin Bauer, Loewe, Bindlach 2009, ISBN 978-3-7855-6551-3
• A ghost on a treasure hunt . (= Sherlock von Schlotterfels, Vol. 1) Ravensburger Buchverlag, Ravensburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-473-34828-2
• Princess Rosalea saves the elf queen . Illustrations by Julia Ginsbach, Loewe, Bindlach 2009, ISBN 978-3-7855-6885-9
• Reading Tiger Christmas Stories . Illustrations by Betina Gotzen-Beek, Loewe, Bindlach 2010, ISBN 978-3-7855-6492-9
• Reading pirate pirate stories . Illustrations by Ines Rarisch, Loewe, Bindlach 2010, ISBN 978-3-7855-6345-8
• Princess Rosalea and the Shell Palace . Illustrations by Julia Ginsbach, Loewe, Bindlach 2010, ISBN 978-3-7855-6904-7
• Wrong game in Madrid . A guessing thriller from Spain, illustrations by Joachim Krause, Loewe, Bindlach 2011, ISBN 978-3-7855-7137-8
• Princess Rosalea with the magic ponies . Illustrations by Julia Ginsbach, Loewe, Bindlach 2011, ISBN 978-3-7855-6948-1
• 66 books, all of which say that you must have read them: #niegelesen #kennichtrotzdem #ichdenkealsobinich , Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2017, ISBN 978-3-7335-0279-9

reception

Dubbing

• Riding holiday stories . Audio CD. Voiced by Meike Harten, directed by Anja Hasse and Jens Kronbügel, Jumbo, Hamburg 2005.
• Koalas disappeared without a trace! . Audio CD. Speaker: Peter Veit, Stefanie Müller . Direction: Anke Susanne Hoffmann and Volker Gerth, Audio Media, Munich 2007.
• On the run through Tokyo . Audio CD. Speaker: Peter Veit, Stefanie Müller. Direction: Anke Susanne Hoffmann and Volker Gerth, Audio Media, Munich 2007.
• For dinner without an alibi . Audio CD. Speaker: Peter Veit, Stefanie Müller. Director: Stephanie Mende, Audio Media, Munich 2007.
• Dragon stories . Audio CD, spoken by Stephan Schad . Directed by Stefanie Müthel, Jumbo, Hamburg 2008.
• Sherlock von Schlotterfels . 8 CDs. Voiced by Robert Missler , Jumbo, Hamburg 2010.

Web links

• Literature by and about Alexandra Fischer-Hunold in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Book author came to the Salvator School for a reading: The students discover the world of books . In: ngz-online.de, June 12, 2003, accessed on November 21, 2011.
2. ↑ Archive link ( Memento from September 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ http://www.fantasyguide.de/10178/
4. ↑ Archive link ( Memento from December 30, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
5. ↑ http://www.yangofamily.de/Aktuell/medien-Im-Fantasialand
6. ^ Constantin Graf von Hoensbroech: For the first time, a children's book deals with Konrad Adenauer . In: Tabularasa. Journal of History and Culture, No. 47, I / 2010, accessed November 21, 2011.
7. ↑ Cornelia Geissler: Looking for Criminals . In: Berliner Zeitung , June 11, 2005. Accessed November 21, 2011.
8. ↑ Maja Hoppmann (11) introduces Werner Färber, Alexandra Fischer-Hunold "Offer castle in the air, search for dream prince"  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . From: hr-online.de, September 20, 2009. Accessed November 21, 2011.  
9. ↑ EKZ recommendation for libraries