Christine Brand

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Christine Brand (born April 11, 1973 in Burgdorf ) is a Swiss writer and journalist .

Life

Christine Brand grew up in Oberburg in the Emmental . She completed her training as a teacher at the teachers' seminar in Langenthal . After a traineeship at the Berner Zeitung , she became an editor there. From 1996 to 2004 she was an editor and court reporter in the «Canton» section of the newspaper Der Bund , from 2003 onwards with a reduced workload. From 2003 to 2005 she was the correspondent for the canton and city of Bern in a pool of the daily newspapers Basler Zeitung , Aargauer Zeitung , Südostschweiz and St. Galler Tagblatt . In 2005 she completed an apprenticeship as a television journalist on the editorial staff of the “ Rundschau ” of Swiss television , with two external internships in the Federal Palace and in Geneva . From 2006 to 2008 she was editor of the “Rundschau”. From June 2008 to the end of 2017 she was an editor at NZZ am Sonntag in the “Background and Opinions” section.

In 2013 she was awarded the media prize of the Swiss Bar Association for a court report. She received the SRG SSR idée suisse media award for a report on family murders .

As a lecturer in the journalism course at adult education in Zurich, she teaches "storytelling" and "reportage".

After being signed by the Blanvalet Verlag of the Random House publishing group , she set up as a freelance writer in 2018. In journalism she is still working as a freelance writer.

Brand is a member of the association of authors' group of German-language crime literature - The Syndicate and Authors of Switzerland . She lives in Zurich .

Works

Novels

Short stories

  • In the anthill . In: Mitra Devi , Petra Ivanov (Ed.): Mord in Switzerland . tape 2 . Appenzeller Verlag, Schwellbrunn 2016, ISBN 978-3-85882-736-4 , p. 283-299 .
  • Dead cattle . In: A little Emmental night music . Landverlag, Langnau i. E. 2015, ISBN 978-3-905980-26-4 .
  • Eyes mottled with green . In: The woman on the train . Vidal Verlag, Winterthur 2014, ISBN 978-3-9523734-7-7 .
  • Dead dog . In: Bern blood . Gmeiner, Messkirch 2013, ISBN 978-3-8392-1381-0 .
  • Death at the bowl . In: Even more murder stories from the Emmental . tape 3 . Landverlag, Langnau i. E. 2012, ISBN 978-3-905980-08-0 .
  • Lochbach spirit . In: New murder stories from the Emmental . tape 2 . Landverlag, Langnau i. E. 2009, ISBN 978-3-9523520-1-4 .
  • Late revenge . In: Murder stories from the Emmental . tape 1 . Landverlag, Langnau i. E. 2008, ISBN 978-3-03301577-7 .

Further

  • Secret tourist attraction . In: David Aebi (ed.): Burgdorf. The center of the world with a proud history. Kulturbuchverlag Herausgeber.ch, Burgdorf 2009, ISBN 978-3-9523304-9-4 , p. 7–9 (via the Waldegg campsite).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Imprint. Christine Brand (cbb.) ( Memento from June 3, 2017 in the Internet Archive ). In: NZZ am Sonntag .
  2. ↑ Christine Brand leaves the “NZZ am Sonntag”. In: persoenlich.com . 16th October 2017.
  3. ↑ cause of fire. In: Christine Brand's website.
  4. ↑ Blind. Retrieved May 24, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Alexander Sury: The search for the murderers, whose victims were also perpetrators. In: The Bund . March 25, 2015 (review).
  6. ↑ Simon Jäggi: "I learned to drive a car in a hearse". In: The Bund. April 9, 2013 (review).
  7. ↑ Urs Steiner: Family Tree Criminology. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . November 29, 2010 (review).
  8. ↑ Anita Bachmann: Fictional murder in the peaceful village. In: The Bund. October 17, 2009, p. 35 (review; PDF; 403 kB; archived on Christine Brand's website).
  9. ↑ Anita Bachmann: The perpetrator and his face. In: The Bund. May 13, 2008, p. 42 (review; PDF; 512 kB; archived on Christine Brand's website).
personal data
SURNAME Brand, Christine
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss writer and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH April 11, 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Burgdorf BE