Laura Kneidl
Laura Kneidl (* 1990 in Erlangen ) is a German author of fantasy and romance novels. With her novels, lose me. Not. and Someone Else reached first place on the Spiegel bestseller list .
Life
Laura Kneidl studied Library and Information Management at the Hochschule der Medien in Stuttgart . She initially wrote fan fictions and ran a literary blog before devoting herself to her first novel in 2009. Today she lives and works in Leipzig .
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Laura Kneidl successfully publishes novels for various publishers, mostly in the fantasy and new adult genres . Her debut novel Light and Darkness was published by Carlsen Imprint in 2013 . With her Don't Touch Me series, she was placed on the Spiegel bestseller list several times , and her novel Someone New went straight to number 2 on the bestseller list in 2019.
Laura Kneidl is a member of the Fantastik authors network . She was a member of DeLia and was nominated for the DeLiA Literature Prize in 2018 for her novel Water and Air .
In February 2020, her novel Someone Else was number 1 on the paperback bestseller list.
Awards
- 2018: DeliA Literature Prize (nomination) for Water and Air
- 2018: LovelyBooks Readers Award (2nd place) in the Fantasy & Science Fiction category for The Crown of Darkness
- 2018: LovelyBooks reader award (2nd place) in the romance category for Losing Me. Not.
- 2019: LovelyBooks reader award (2nd place) in the Fantasy & Science Fiction category for T he Crown of Darkness 2: Magic Flicker
- 2019: LovelyBooks reader award (2nd place) in the romance category for Someone New
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Novels
- Light and Darkness . Carlsen Imprint, 2013, ISBN 978-3551315946 .
- Water and Air . Carlsen, 2017, ISBN 978-3551315441 .
- Touch me. Not . LYX, 2017, ISBN 978-3736305274 .
- Lose me Not . LYX, 2018, ISBN 978-3736305496 .
- Heart of shadows . Carlsen, 2018, ISBN 978-3551316929 .
- The crown of darkness . Piper, 2018, ISBN 978-3492705264 .
- Someone New . LYX, 2019, ISBN 978-3736305274 .
- The Crown of Darkness: Magic Flicker. Piper, 2019, ISBN 978-3492705271 .
- Someone Else . LYX, 2020, ISBN 978-3736311213 .
- The whisper of magic . Piper, 2020, ISBN 978-3492705691 .
Web links
- Official homepage of Laura Kneidl
- Interview with Laura Kneidl at Literatopia
- Interview with Laura Kneidl at the reading jury
- Literature by and about Laura Kneidl in the catalog of the German National Library
- Laura Kneidl in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lose me. Not. In: book report. Retrieved on July 23, 2019 (German).
- ↑ Diversity of thoughts: Blog tour: Touch me. Not. - Book presentation & author interview. In: Diversity of Thoughts. October 25, 2017, accessed on July 23, 2019 (German).
- ↑ Wolfgang Tischer: Laura Kneidl on Impress: "I don't want to give up control". June 4, 2014, accessed July 23, 2019 .
- ↑ Someone New. In: book report. Retrieved on July 23, 2019 (German).
- ↑ Laura Kneidl. In: phantastik-autoren.net. Retrieved on July 26, 2019 (German).
- ↑ Member information Laura Kneidl. In: DELIA - Association of German-speaking romance novelists. Retrieved July 23, 2019 .
- ↑ BuchMarkt Verlag K. Werner GmbH: The shortlists for the DELIA literary prizes 2018. In: BuchMarkt. March 19, 2018, accessed on July 23, 2019 (German).
- ↑ book report. Retrieved on February 29, 2020 (German).
- ↑ The Readers' Prize 2018. Accessed on February 19, 2020 .
- ↑ The Readers' Prize 2019. Accessed on February 19, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kneidl, Laura |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1990 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | gain |