Gabriele Beyerlein

Gabriele Beyerlein (born March 1, 1949 in Roding ) is a German author for children and young people .

Live and act

Gabriele Beyerlein studied psychology in Vienna and Erlangen , where she also received her doctorate . She then worked in social science research and teaching for seven years.

She has been a freelance writer since 1987 and addresses children, adolescents and adults with her stories , novels and narrative non-fiction books . Her special focus is on archaeological and historical novels for young people , but she also celebrated great success with fantastic literature . Between 2005 and 2009 she also published a multiple award-winning “Berlin Trilogy ”, which uses three female protagonists as an example to deal with the history of women at the end of the 19th century in the German Empire .

Her numerous books for children and young people have appeared among others. a. at Thienemann Verlag and Arena Verlag . Since 2011 she has also published new editions of her out of print titles in the Gegenwind edition .

Gabriele Beyerlein now lives in Darmstadt , is married and has two children.

Awards

• 2005: “Book of the Month” - German Academy for Children's and Young People's Literature in Volkach : Maybe in Berlin
• 2006: Nominated ( shortlist ) for Sir Walter Scott Prize : Maybe in Berlin
• 2008: Heinrich Wolgast Prize of the GEW for In Berlin perhaps
• 2009: Nominated for Buxtehuder Bulle : It was in Berlin
• 2010: Shortlisted for Sir Walter Scott Prize: It was in Berlin
• 2010: Gerhard Beier Prize for It Was in Berlin

bibliography

Novels

• The goddess in the stone. Weitbrecht Verlag , Stuttgart 1999. ISBN 3-522-71785-6 .

TB new edition: Edition Gegenwind - BoD , Norderstedt 2015. ISBN 978-3-7347-6990-0 .

Children's and young people's literature

Children's books

• The golden cone. Arena , 1991.

New editions: Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag 1997, Thienemann Verlag 2007. ISBN 978-3-522-17904-1 .

• Gabriele Beyerlein tells about the Stone Age hunters. Oetinger, 1991.
• Gabriele Beyerlein tells about the Middle Ages . Oetinger , 1992. ISBN 3-7891-7506-4 .

New edition: City, Country, Castle. A story from the Middle Ages . Verlag an der Este, 2010.

• Gabriele Beyerlein tells about the glacier man. Oetinger 1993.
• On the mountain of white gold. Dressler Verlag 1994. (New edition: The mountain of white gold. Thienemann 2005)
• Gabriele Beyerlein tells about the Celtic princes. Oetinger, 1995.

TB new edition: Ilo and the Celtic princes . Illustrations: Tilman Michalski . Edition Gegenwind - BoD , Norderstedt 2012. ISBN 978-3-8482-1627-7 .

• The treasure of Atlantis . Thienemann , 2000. ISBN 3-522-17313-9 .

New editions: Carlsen 2004 ISBN 3-551-35318-2 ; Ernst Klett (abridged version), 2005. ISBN 3-12-262560-1 ; Edition Gegenwind - BoD, Norderstedt 2017. ISBN 978-3-7448-6823-5 .

• The black moon. Fantastic children's book. Thienemann, 2001. ISBN 3-522-17386-4 .

New editions: Carlsen, 2004 ISBN 3-551-35346-8 , 2006 ISBN 3-551-35559-2 , Süddeutsche Zeitung (“Young Library”), 2009. ISBN 3-86615-733-9

TB new edition: Edition Gegenwind - Create Space , North Charleston 2013. ISBN 978-1-4928-5967-3 .

• Lost at Frankenstein Castle. First-time reader narration. Thienemann, 2002. Publisher at ESTE 2007.
• Lara and the secret of the mill. Thienemann, 2004.

TB new edition: Edition Gegenwind - BoD, Norderstedt 2011. ISBN 978-3-8423-3383-3 .

• The girl with the amulet. Fantastic children's book. Thienemann, 2006.
• Bea at the other end of the world. Thienemann, 2008. ISBN 978-3-522-18100-6 .
• TB new edition: Edition Gegenwind - BoD, Norderstedt 2012. ISBN 978-3-8482-1609-3
• Stone Age - The world of our ancestors. Arena, 2008. ISBN 978-3-401-05753-8 .
• Black water. Thienemann, 2010.

TB Reissue: Black Water or A New Life . Edition Gegenwind - BoD, Norderstedt 2015. ISBN 978-3-7386-2640-7 .

• To the Stone Age and back - an adventurous journey through time. Hase and Igel Verlag, 2012. ISBN 978-3-86760-157-3 .
• To the Middle Ages and back - an adventurous journey through time. Hase and Igel Verlag, 2014. ISBN 978-3-86760-175-7 .
• Aja or everything completely different . Edition Gegenwind - BoD, Norderstedt 2020. ISBN 978-3-7504-0995-8 .

Youth books

• The Celtic children. Arena, 1987.
• The mask in the lake. Arena, 1988.
• The sun does not stop. Arena, 1988.
• The Dragomira chain. Arena, 1989.

TB new edition: Edition Gegenwind - BoD, Norderstedt 2015. ISBN 978-3-7347-6682-4 .

• The dark mirror. 1989.
• To a land that I'll show you 1990.
• Like a hawk in the wind. Thienemann 1993, new edition 2010.
• The decision on the sacred rock. 1993.
• The white wolf's den. Dressler, 1996, 1997; Paperback Arena 2003.
• The fire of Crete. Dressler, 1999.
• The traitor's mask. Arena, 2001.
• Full moon nights. Fairy tale novel. Thienemann, 2003.

The Berlin Trilogy (young people and adults)

• Maybe in Berlin. Thienemann, 2005.

New TB edition: Edition Gegenwind - Create Space, North Charleston 2013. ISBN 978-1-4928-2013-0 .

• Berlin, Bülowstr. 80a. Thienemann, 2007.

New TB edition: Gegenwind Edition - Create Space, North Charleston 2014. ISBN 978-3-522-17823-5 .

• It was in Berlin. Thienemann, 2009.

TB new edition: Edition Gegenwind - BoD, Norderstedt 2015. ISBN 978-3-7347-6794-4 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Gabriele Beyerlein in the catalog of the German National Library
• Website by Gabriele Beyerlein
• Gabriele Beyerlein in the pearl diver