Hanna Caspian
Hanna Caspian (born December 9, 1964 in Dinslaken ; actually Regina Gärtner ) is a German author who is best known for her historical novels . With their good Greifenau - trilogy she reached the bestseller list .
Life
Hanna Caspian grew up in Alpen on the Lower Rhine , went to school in Xanten and after graduating from high school in Aachen studied German , political science and initially Romance studies at RWTH Aachen University . After completing her master's degree, she was a press officer at Euregio Maas-Rhein . She later worked as a press and advertising assistant at the Spektrum Akademischer Verlag . After an interim position as PR manager for cinema films in Aachen , she moved to the Cologne Federal Gazette Publishing House , where she set up and managed the advertising marketing department.
In 2000, Caspian, then still called Regina Gärtner, published her first book, the thriller Tödliche Creation, in Berlin's Espresso Verlag . In 2013, Heyne Verlag published her first historical novel Under the South Sea Moon , which made her commercial breakthrough. As in the following works, Caspian deals with lesser-known aspects of German history. In Unter dem Südseemond, for example, she tells the story of the German South Seas colony of Samoa . The follow-up novel The Shine of South Sea Shells deals with the time of the occupation of German Samoa by the New Zealanders during the First World War and tells of how the Germans fared in Australia during this time.
For her metahistorical novel Die Kirschvilla , published in 2016 , she first adopted the pseudonym Hanna Caspian. Shortly afterwards the author switched to Droemer-Knaur . From November 2018, the three novels of her Gut Greifenau trilogy were published at short intervals, timed to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the end of the German monarchy and the November Revolution . The trilogy takes place between 1913 and 1919 and ends on the first day of the Weimar Republic. All three volumes appeared in the SPIEGEL bestseller list , with the third volume Caspian made it into the top ten. The story will continue with the volume Goldsturm to be released in April 2020 .
For many years, the author was a member of the Syndicate and Murderous Sisters' associations . Today she is a member of DeLiA and Montségur .
family
Hanna Caspian is married to the former TV presenter Peter Dahmen ( QVC , HSE24 ) and lives in the north of Cologne.
Works
- Novels as Regina Gärtner
- Deadly creation . Espresso Verlag, Berlin, 2000, ISBN 3-88520-917-9 .
- Under the South Sea moon . Heyne, Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-453-41153-1 ; Relaunched in 2019 by Weltbild.
- The shine of South Sea mussels . Heyne, Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-453-41819-6 ; Relaunched in 2019 by Weltbild.
- Historical novels as Hanna Caspian
- The cherry villa . Heyne, Munich 2016, ISBN 978-3-453-41955-1 .
- Gut Greifenau - evening shine . Knaur, Munich 2018, ISBN 978-3-426-52150-2 .
- Gut Greifenau - Nachtfeuer , Knaur, Munich 2018, ISBN 978-3-426-52151-9 .
- Gut Greifenau - Dawn . Knaur, Munich 2019, ISBN 978-3-426-52152-6 .
- Gut Greifenau - gold storm . Knaur, Munich 2020, ISBN 978-3-426-52544-9 .
- Notebook novels
- Surprise in Barcelona . Love novel, in the ROMANA series by Cora Verlag, 2013 (under the pseudonym Rachel Gardner)
- E-books
- Love under a greek sky . Romance novel, Edel Elements publishing house, 2015 (as Regina Gärtner).
- Deadly creation . Thriller, Verlag Edel Elements, 2015 (as Regina Gärtner).
- Short stories in anthologies
- "Washing day". In: The many deaths of Mr. S. , Emons Verlag, 2002, ISBN 978-3-89705-242-0 .
- "Where the dog is buried". In: Deadly tours: criminal travel guide from the Lower Rhine , Leporello-Verlag, 2003, ISBN 978-3-936783-06-3 .
- "The most idiotic idea of my life". In: Immerse, dive, emerge , ViaTerra-Verlag, 2011, ISBN 978-3-941970-08-3 .
- "Strawberry margaritas forever". In: The last one turns off the light , ViaTerra-Verlag, 2013, ISBN 978-3-941970-09-0 .
- Audio books
The historical novels were published by Audible. The novels Under the South Sea Moon and The Shine of South Sea Shells were recorded by Marie Bierstedt , who among other things speaks the role of Anna Bates in the German dubbing of Downton Abbey .
Web links
- Literature by and about Hanna Caspian in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Regina Gärtner in the catalog of the German National Library
- Hanna Caspian at DeLia
- Official website of the author
- Interview with the author at NRWision
Individual evidence
- ^ Hanna Caspian | Delia. Retrieved February 3, 2020 (German).
- ↑ Hanna Caspian author of historical novels. Retrieved February 3, 2020 .
- ^ Lisa Häfner: Family secrets, mansions, searching for traces. Popular metahistorical women novels in the context of the historical culture of the turn of the millennium . University of Bamberg Press, 2017, ISBN 978-3-86309-517-8 ( uni-bamberg.de [accessed February 3, 2020]).
- ↑ Emanuela Janda: Kidnapped into Gut Greifenau. Accessed January 30, 2020 (German).
- ↑ Search results for "Hanna Caspian". In: book report. Accessed January 30, 2020 (German).
- ^ Doris Wassermann: Family saga on the eve of the First World War. In: Westfalen-Blatt. Retrieved February 3, 2020 (German).
- ↑ Not because of kitsch! This is why romance novels are so popular. Accessed January 30, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Caspian, Hanna |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gardener, Regina (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 9, 1964 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dinslaken |