Blanca Imboden
Blanca Imboden (born December 16, 1962 in Ibach SZ ) is a Swiss writer .
Career
At the age of 18 she recorded the album Face the Music ( Ariola ) under the stage name "Bee Bach" and was then a member of various professional dance bands. Together with her partner Hans Gotthardt († 2018) she founded the “Duo Tandem”. She was a professional musician for 13 years.
Then Blanca Imboden worked for 14 years as an editorial assistant and editorial secretary at the Neue Schwyzer Zeitung .
From January 2014 to May 2015 she worked part-time for a cable car on the Stoos , and since April 2018 for the Stanserhorn-Bahn .
Her first two books were published in 1997 and 1999 by a Swiss pay publisher , her third book in 2005 by Books on Demand . In 2009, Piper Verlag signed the author and published three novels. Initially with little success: “For a long time no pig wanted to read my books,” as she herself put it.
When she switched to Wörterseh Verlag in 2012, she achieved her breakthrough as a bestselling author: With Hiking is Stupid and Three Women in the Snow , she was on the Swiss bestseller list for 30 weeks in 2013. With Frank Baumann as co-author and illustrator, a book series for young people was created with the title Schule ist stupid . In addition to the books, she writes columns for the newspaper Südostschweiz on weekends .
Works
- Fading melodies . Papillon, Sarmenstorf 1997, ISBN 3-907554-07-8 .
- Almost forever. A refreshing novel . Papillon, Sarmenstorf 1999, ISBN 3-907554-08-6 .
- Alone in Africa. A cheerful Kenya novel . BoD, Norderstedt 2005, ISBN 978-3-8334-2699-5 .
- The calorie queen . Novel. Piper, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-492-50074-6 .
- The praline princess . Novel. Piper, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-492-50073-9 .
- A Kenyan summer . Novel. Piper, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-492-50075-3 .
- Hiking is stupid. A crossword with consequences . Wörterseh, Gockhausen 2013, ISBN 978-3-03763-028-0 .
- Three women in the snow. Christmas, birthdays and other disasters . Wörterseh, Gockhausen 2013, ISBN 978-3-03763-037-2 .
- Anna & Otto. Love with an expiration date . Wörterseh, Gockhausen 2014, ISBN 978-3-03763-045-7 .
- Matterhorns. A momentous inheritance. Wörterseh, Gockhausen 2015, ISBN 978-3-03763-056-3 .
- Vibration resistant. In love with a farmer . Wörterseh, Gockhausen 2016, ISBN 978-3-03763-067-9 .
- School is stupid. Volume 1: Johnny Depp (with Frank Baumann). Wörterseh, Gockhausen 2016, ISBN 978-3-03763-066-2 .
- School is stupid. Volume 2: Sara Super (with Frank Baumann). Wörterseh, Gockhausen 2016, ISBN 978-3-03763-073-0 .
- School is stupid. Volume 3: Tim Tabak (with Frank Baumann). Wörterseh, Gockhausen 2017, ISBN 978-3-03763-081-5 .
- Summit meeting. See you on the Urmiberg . Wörterseh, Gockhausen 2017, ISBN 978-3-03763-077-8 .
- Arosa. From bears, squirrels and Mister 99 percent . Wörterseh, Gockhausen 2018, ISBN 978-3-03763-096-9 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Blanca Imboden in the catalog of the German National Library
- Entry about Blanca Imboden in the lexicon of the Association of Authors of Switzerland
- Blanca Imboden website
- Blanca Imboden on the Wörterseh Verlag website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Best-selling author rides a cable car . Article in the Neue Luzerner Zeitung on December 13, 2013.
- ↑ Best-selling author Blanca Imboden
- ↑ Blanca Imboden in the Swiss bestseller list, accessed on July 6, 2018.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Imboden, Blanca |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bee Bach |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 16, 1962 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ibach SZ |