Isabel Abedi

Isabel Nasrin Abedi (born March 3, 1967 in Munich ) is a German children's and youth author.

Isabel Abedi (2007)

Life

Isabel Abedi was born in Munich in 1967 and grew up in Düsseldorf . After graduating from high school, she went to Los Angeles to do an internship in film production . She came back to Germany, where she trained as a copywriter in Hamburg .

She worked in this profession for thirteen years and also wrote books for children and young people. She is now a full-time writer and works as a freelance writer for several publishers. Isabel Abedi lives in Hamburg with her husband and two daughters .

Her books appear in several languages ​​and have already received several awards. Her children's book series Lola developed into a great success . And she also became known for her children's novels Unter der Geisterbahn and Forbidden World . Abedi's youth novel Whisper was nominated by the youth jury for the German Youth Literature Prize in 2006. In addition, the novel received several regional awards and was on the list of “The best 7 books for young readers” by Deutschlandfunk and Focus . Abedi's youth novel Isola , in which 12 young people on a camera-monitored island are the subject of a film project, has also been nominated several times - for the Hans-Jörg-Martin Children's and Young People's Crime Prize 2008 - and awarded.

Many of her works have meanwhile been published as audio books and some made it onto the hr2 audio book best list ( Lola hit the headlines in March 2006, Lucian in March 2010).

Works

picture books

• 10 ladybugs say good night. arsEdition 2010, ISBN 978-3-7607-4090-4 .
• The 99th sheep. arsEdition 2010, ISBN 978-3-7607-3640-2 .
• The 99th sheep and the little wolf.
• The 99th sheep travels around the world.
• Stupid goat - stupid goose. arsEdition 2009, ISBN 978-3-7607-2985-5 .
• Gone! Calls the little goat.
• Hooray, won!
• Torro sees red.
• Leila Pig yells No!
• You are my greatest treasure.
• Hexus plexus.
• Disappeared / Found.
• A wish for the little fairy.
• Lucky you, bad luck!
• Lisa and the crash dragon.
• Farewell to grandpa elephant.
• Alberta goes looking for love.
• Dream shoes for Lilian.
• The tree is my house.
• Nicholas is coming today!
• Christmas raven Rasputin finds happiness.
• Don't worry, little night ghost!
• For how much longer?
• Three more years and then I can't take it anymore!

Children's books

• 01 Lisbeth - And here comes Aunt Lisbeth! ISBN 978-3-7855-7914-5 .
• Little wolf is looking for a home.
• Little wolf in need.
• Captain Klonk and his pirates.
• 01 Lola - Here comes Lola! ISBN 978-3-7855-5169-1 .
• 02 Lola - Lola hits the headlines. ISBN 978-3-7855-5337-4 .
• 03 Lola - Lola on a secret mission. ISBN 978-3-7855-5534-7 .
• 04 Lola - applause for Lola! ISBN 978-3-7855-5692-4 .
• 05 Lola - Lola the Lionheart. ISBN 978-3-7855-5674-0 .
• 06 Lola - on a honeymoon. ISBN 978-3-7855-5675-7 .
• 07 Lola - sister heart. ISBN 978-3-7855-5676-4 .
• 08 Lola - five stars for Lola. ISBN 978-3-7855-5677-1 .
• 09 Lola - Lola and the only witness. ISBN 978-3-7855-5678-8 .
• Lola - the book about the film. ISBN 978-3-7855-7139-2 .
• Lola - my friends. (Friend book)
• Lola - Makes Lola a star.
• Forbidden world . Loewe Verlag, ISBN 978-3-7855-6300-7 .
• Under the ghost train. Loewe Verlag, ISBN 978-3-7855-6766-1 .
• Los Angeles.
• Reading Lions: Pop Star Stories. With pictures by Silke Brix . Loewe Verlag, 2008, ISBN 978-3-7855-4126-5 .
• Reading lions: girlfriends stories. Loewe publishing house

Youth books

• Imago. Arena, Würzburg 2004, ISBN 3-401-05572-0 .
• Whisper. Arena, Würzburg 2005, ISBN 3-401-02999-1 .
• Isola. Arena, Würzburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-401-06048-4 .
• Lucian. Arena, Würzburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-401-06203-7 .
• The longest night. Arena, Würzburg, 2016, ISBN 978-3-401-06189-4

Audiobooks (selection)

• Here comes Lola! Jumbo Neue Medien & Verlag , Hamburg 2005, ISBN 3-8337-1211-2 .
• Lola hits the headlines. Jumbo Neue Medien & Verlag, Hamburg 2005, ISBN 3-8337-1345-3 .
• Lola on a secret mission. Jumbo Neue Medien & Verlag, Hamburg 2006, ISBN 3-8337-1499-9 .
• Under the ghost train. Jumbo Neue Medien & Verlag, Hamburg 2006, ISBN 3-8337-1629-0 .
• Applause for Lola! Jumbo Neue Medien & Verlag, Hamburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-8337-1775-8 .
• Imago. Jumbo Neue Medien & Verlag, Hamburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-8337-1855-7 .
• Forbidden world. Jumbo Neue Medien & Verlag, Hamburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-8337-1908-0 .
• Lola the Lionheart. Jumbo Neue Medien & Verlag, Hamburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-8337-2063-5 .
• Isola. Arena Verlag, Würzburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-401-26048-8 .
• Lola on her honeymoon. Jumbo Neue Medien & Verlag, Hamburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-8337-2196-0 .
• Lucian. Jumbo Neue Medien & Verlag, Hamburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-8337-2535-7 .
• Lola sister heart. Jumbo Neue Medien & Verlag, Hamburg 2010, ISBN 978-3-8337-2634-7 .
• 5 stars for Lola. Jumbo Neue Medien & Verlag, Hamburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-8337-2994-2 .
• Lola and the only witness
• Super strong kindergarten stories. Jumbo Neue Medien & Verlag, Hamburg 2014, ISBN 978-3-8337-3286-7 .

Awards

• 2006: Paderborn rabbit for Here comes Lola!
• 2006: Segeberger pen for Whisper
• 2007: Nordstemmer sugar beet for Here comes Lola!
• 2017: Golden Leslie for The Longest Night

Web links

• official page
• Lola series website
• Literature by and about Isabel Abedi in the catalog of the German National Library
• Short biography and reviews of works by Isabel Abedi at perlentaucher.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Isabel Abedi at JUMBO Neue Medien & Verlag