Deana Zinßmeister

Deana Zinßmeister (born April 12, 1962 in Dillingen / Saar ) is a German author of historical novels.

Life

Deana Zinßmeister grew up in Lebach . She trained as a retail saleswoman and ran a children's fashion store before devoting herself entirely to writing. In 2006 her first historical novel flies like a bird was published by Ullstein Verlag ; Zinßmeister now writes as a house author for Goldmann Verlag . She lives with her family in Heusweiler in Saarland .

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Zinßmeister values ​​the historical accuracy of her novels. In order for these to appear authentic, she researches by reading or doing research on site and is supported by leading experts. In 2015 she worked with the historian Johannes Dillinger on the plague trilogy . For her bestseller Das Hexenmal , she herself emigrated the escape route of her protagonists.

She is a member of DeLiA - the association of German-speaking romance novelists .

Publications

Huguenot trilogy

• The song of the Huguenots , Goldmann, 2017, ISBN 978-3-442-48409-6

• The tower of the heretic , Goldmann, 2018, ISBN 978-3-442-48410-2

Witches trilogy

• Das Hexenmal , Goldmann, 2008, ISBN 978-3-442-46705-1
• The Hexenturm , Goldmann, 2010, ISBN 978-3-442-47248-2
• The witch's oath , Goldmann, 2013, ISBN 978-3-442-46705-1

Plague trilogy

• Das Pestzeichen , Goldmann, 2012, ISBN 978-3-442-47639-8
• Der Pestreiter , Goldmann, 2014 ISBN 978-3-442-48088-3
• Das Pestdorf , Goldmann, 2015, ISBN 978-3-442-47639-8

Australia saga

• Flying like a bird , Ulstein Verlag (paperback), 2007, ISBN 978-3-548-26644-2
• The scent of memory , Ulstein Verlag (paperback), 2007, ISBN 978-3-548-26724-1

Individual works

• The Gift of the Virgin , Goldmann, 2010, ISBN 978-3-442-47036-5
• The Sinner's Oath , Goldmann, 2011, ISBN 978-3-442-47249-9
• The Eye of Licentia , Arena Verlag, 2017, ISBN 978-3-401-60350-6
• The color of gold , Goldmann Verlag, 2019, ISBN 978-3-442-48888-9

Web links

• Literature by and about Deana Zinßmeister in the catalog of the German National Library
• Official website
• Deana Zinßmeister in Saartalk at SR3

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Susanne Brenner: Author's portrait: “Sometimes I would like to have superpowers”. In: Saarbrücker Zeitung. August 10, 2019, accessed February 1, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Deana Zinßmeister. Literaturland Saar, accessed on February 1, 2020 . 
3. ^ Message on the author's website. Retrieved February 5, 2020 . 
4. ↑ Random House: Author Deana Zinßmeister. Accessed February 1, 2020 . 
5. ^ Delia: Author profile Deana Zinßmeister. Accessed February 1, 2020 (German).