Melissa C. Feurer
Melissa Christina Feurer (born August 31, 1990 in Gunzenhausen , married Melissa Hill ) is a German author .
Live and act
Feurer grew up as the youngest of four children in a family in Gunzenhausen. She began writing texts in the field of fantasy and youth literature and in 2008 published her first youth novel Where Hope Sounds: knocking on heaven's door as a book-on-demand .
In 2010 Feurer passed her Abitur at the Gunzenhäuser Simon-Marius-Gymnasium and began studying for teaching at primary schools at the Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg . In the same year, the Francke bookstore publisher , Raindropfentage, published her first novel, which belongs to the genre of Christian youth literature. In this publishing house she published further novels for young people.
In addition to novels, Feurer also writes short stories that have been published in books and magazines since 2009. In 2011 the novel Herzstolpern was published together with her fellow student Jean CM Kristensen . The novel The Soundtrack of Your Life , published in 2013, is based on her first work from 2008. After her previous books have been set in real places and in the present, her first dystopia Fischerkinder appeared in 2015 .
Feurer also works as a primary school teacher.
Melissa C. Feurer has been married since 2014, has one daughter and lives in Middle Franconia.
Awards
The short story Am Seidenen Faden was awarded at the 22nd Literature Prize of the Nuremberg Culture Shops (2009/2010).
As part of the Leipzig Book Fair 2015, she was awarded the CS Lewis Prize advertised by Brendow-Verlag for the concept of the novel Fischerkinder .
Works
- Where hope sounds: knocking on heaven's door. Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2008, ISBN 978-3-8370-2847-8 .
- with Jean CM Kristensen (Ed.): Nachtgespinst. Anthology. Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2009, ISBN 978-3-8391-2363-8 .
- Raindrop days. Francke, Marburg an der Lahn 2010, ISBN 978-3-86827-168-3 .
- Downside. Francke, Marburg an der Lahn 2011, ISBN 978-3-86827-250-5 .
- with Jean CM Kristensen: Heart stumbling. Francke, Marburg an der Lahn 2011, ISBN 978-3-86827-249-9 .
- Roommate wanted. Francke, Marburg an der Lahn 2013, ISBN 978-3-86827-379-3 .
- The soundtrack of your life. Francke, Marburg an der Lahn 2013, ISBN 978-3-86827-419-6 (based on Where Hope Sounds ).
- Surprisingly different. Francke, Marburg an der Lahn 2015, ISBN 978-3-86827-505-6 .
- The Fisher Children: The Forbidden Book. Brendow, Moers 2015, ISBN 978-3-86506-756-2 .
- The runaway - longing for the sea . Fontis, Basel 2018, ISBN 978-3-03848-140-9
Web links
- Literature by and about Melissa C. Feurer in the catalog of the German National Library
- Melissa C. Feurer's website
- Melissa C. Feurer on the Francke-Verlag website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Röttingen primary school. Retrieved February 16, 2018 .
- ↑ Evangelical Lutheran Church Letter. Parish Gunzenhausen
- ↑ Melissa C. Feurer. Retrieved on February 16, 2018 (German).
- ↑ Prizes for the 22nd Literature Prize of the Nuremberg Culture Shops were awarded on kultur-nord.org
- ^ CS Lewis Prize for Würzburg author Melissa Feurer. In: Main-Post . 23 October 2014
- ↑ New genre, new luck , interview of teensmag with Melissa C. Feurer, April 25, 2015
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Feurer, Melissa C. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Feurer, Melissa Christina (birth name); Hill, Melissa Christina (married name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 31, 1990 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gunzenhausen |