Kirsten Reinhardt

Kirsten Reinhardt (* 1977 in Lüneburger Heide ) is a German writer , she writes children's books .

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In 1996 she graduated from the German School Tokyo / Yokohama (DSTY) in Japan . After studying theater studies and literary studies, she trained as an editor at the Berlin School of Journalism (BJS). She worked as an editor for the daily newspaper (taz).

In 2009 she won the Oldenburg Children's Book price for their still unpublished manuscript in 2011 under the title Fennymores trip or How dachshund in a salt crust makes the Carlsen publishing house appeared. Received positively by the critics, the title has also been nominated for several awards and has been translated into five languages. There are now other novels by her for children.

She lives as a freelance writer in Berlin .

Fennymore's Journey or How to Make a Dachshund in a Salt Coat . Carlsen Verlag , Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-551-55582-3
The hairy story of Olga, Henrike and the exchange French . Carlsen Verlag, Hamburg 2013, ISBN 978-3-551-58290-4
The chewing gum graph . Carlsen Verlag, Hamburg 2017, ISBN 978-3-551-55654-7
Karl and Knäcke learn robbers . Carlsen Verlag, Hamburg 2018, ISBN 978-3-551-55385-0

Fennymore's Journey or How to Make a Dachshund in a Salt Coat . Speaker u. a. Matthias Brandt . CD . WDR / Der Audio Verlag , 2012 ISBN 978-3-8623-1138-5
The chewing gum graph . Speaker u. a. Horst Sachtleben , Ulrike Bliefert . CD. WDR / Audiobook Hamburg , 2017, ISBN 978-3-86742-332-8

2009: Oldenburg Children's and Young People's Book Prize for the manuscript of Fennymore's Journey or How to Make a Dachshund in a Salt Coat
2012: Nomination for the Hansjörg Martin Prize in the children's and young adult thriller category of Fennymore's Journey or How to Make a Dachshund in a Salt Coat

2012: Working grant from the State of Lower Saxony

2013: Writer's residence in the Ledig House / Omi International Arts Center, USA

2013: Nomination for the German Audio Book Prize for Fennymore's Journey or How to Make a Dachshund in a Salt Coat

2014: On the recommendation list of the Pied Piper Literature Prize : The hairy story of Olga, Henrike and the exchange French

2015: Book grant for children and young people from the state of Lower Saxony

2017: Donkey of the month of April by Eselsohr magazine for Der Kaewummigraf

2018: Annual scholarship for literature from the State of Lower Saxony

↑ Price book 2014 , section Recommended list of the Pied Piper Literature Prize 2014 , online at hameln.de
↑ Lower Saxony awards literature and translation grants 2015 , online at mwk.niedersachsen.de
↑ Land awards literature grants and translation grants 2018 , online at mwk.niedersachsen.de