Maja Ilisch
Maja Ilisch (* 1975 in Dortmund ) is a German TV and novel writer.
Life
Maja Ilisch studied public librarianship at the Cologne University of Applied Sciences and then completed an apprenticeship as a specialist bookseller (IHK). After several positions in the book trade, publishing and library business, Maja Ilisch now lives and works as a freelance author with her husband in Stolberg near Aachen .
Among other things, she worked as an author for the TV series Richter Barbara Salesch ( SAT.1 ) and Das Familiengericht ( RTL ). The fantastic radio play series Die Legende von Mythrâs (2010/2011 at Hörplanet, Osnabrück) was co-designed by her.
Her debut novel Das Puppenzimmer was published in 2013 by Dotbooks . In 2018 she published the gas light mystery novel The Mirrors of Kettlewood Hall with Droemer Knaur . Her first high fantasy novel The Fake Seal , the prelude to a trilogy, was published by Klett-Cotta Verlag in 2019 and will continue from 2020.
In addition to her work as a writer, Maja Ilisch founded the Ink Circle Fantasy Authors Circle in 2001 , a forum for fantasy authors that she still looks after as an admin. She is also a member of the Fantastic Authors Network .
Maja Ilisch is represented by the literary agency narr: perspektiven .
Awards and nominations
- 2019: Fantastic best list (2nd and 5th place) for the fake seal
Works
Single novels
- The doll room. Dotbooks, Munich, 2013, ISBN 978-3-955-20380-1
- Intelligent. Carlsen Verlag Impress, Hamburg, 2013, ISBN 3-6466-0022-5
- The mirrors of Kettlewood Hall. Droemer Knaur, Munich, 2018, ISBN 978-3426520789
The Neraval legend
- The forged seal (Neraval legend, part 1). Klett-Cotta, 2019, Stuttgart, ISBN 978-3608960303
- The fake heart (Neraval saga, part 2). Klett-Cotta, 2020, Stuttgart, ISBN 978-3608982398
Radio plays
- The legend of Mythrâs. Hörplanet, 2008.
Web links
- official homepage
- Literature by and about Maja Ilisch in the catalog of the German National Library
- Interview on literatopia.de, February 2019
- Profile at the Phantastik Authors Network PAN
Individual evidence
- ^ Agency narrative perspective: Maja Ilisch short biography. Retrieved July 22, 2019 .
- ↑ Ink circle, fantasy authors circle. Retrieved July 22, 2019 .
- ^ Agency narrative perspective: authors of the agency. Retrieved July 22, 2019 .
- ↑ Fantastik best list August 2019. August 2, 2019, accessed on January 7, 2020 .
- ↑ Phantastik best list September 2019. September 6th 2019, accessed on January 7th 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ilisch, Maja |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German TV and novelist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1975 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dortmund , Germany |