Michaela Kastel

Michaela Kastel (* 1987 in Vienna ) is an Austrian writer .

Life

Michaela Kastel grew up in Lower Austria . After graduating from a Catholic private school, she began to study law , German and Scandinavian studies. After moving to Vienna, she worked in the wholesale book trade for a few years, later in a small, private bookshop.

In November 2018 she received the Viktor Crime Award , which was presented for the first time and was donated by Sebastian Fitzek , for her thriller So Dark the Forest at the Mord am Hellweg crime festival . In it, Kastel tells of the fate of children who have fallen into the clutches of a child molester. In 2019 she presented her second thriller with Emons Verlag , What we are silent about.

Publications (selection)

2009: Helenas Renaissance , Novum Pro, Neckenmarkt / Vienna / Munich, ISBN 978-3-85022-976-0
2015: Behind the Mirror , Thriller, Edel Elements, 2015, ISBN 978-3-95530-718-9
2017: The mortality of the soul , romance novel, Pro-Talk-Verlag, Königswinter 2017, ISBN 978-3-939990-32-1
2018: So dark the forest , Thriller, Emons Verlag, Cologne 2019, ISBN 978-3-7408-0293-6
2019: What we are silent about , Thriller, Emons Verlag, Cologne 2019, ISBN 978-3-7408-0643-9
2020: C'est la fucking vie , with illustrations by Alexander Kopainski , Ueberreuter-Verlag, Berlin 2020, ISBN 978-3-7641-7099-8

Awards (selection)

2018: Viktor Crime Award for So Dark the Forest

Web links

Official website
Michaela Kastel on emons-verlag.com
Michaela Kastel on ueberreuter.de

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Michaela Kastel: About me. In: michaelakastel.at. Retrieved May 19, 2020 .
↑ ^a ^b Michaela Kastel receives Viktor Crime Award. In: boersenblatt.net. November 12, 2018, accessed May 19, 2020 .
↑ Lukas Jenkner: Michaela Kastel: So dark the forest: The horror in the mountains of Austria. In: stuttgarter-zeitung.de. March 15, 2018, accessed May 19, 2020 .
↑ Lukas Jenkner: Michaela Kastel: What we are silent about: Teen drama with deadly side effects. In: stuttgarter-nachrichten.de. October 29, 2019, accessed May 19, 2020 .

personal data
SURNAME	Kastel, Michaela
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian writer
DATE OF BIRTH	1987
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vienna

[ueber-mich-1] Michaela Kastel: About me. In: michaelakastel.at. Retrieved May 19, 2020 .

[boersenblatt1550518-2] Michaela Kastel receives Viktor Crime Award. In: boersenblatt.net. November 12, 2018, accessed May 19, 2020 .

[sz81d64854-9dad-40a6-bfbd-28a780efdd51-3] Lukas Jenkner: Michaela Kastel: So dark the forest: The horror in the mountains of Austria. In: stuttgarter-zeitung.de. March 15, 2018, accessed May 19, 2020 .

[sn2575da4a-8c88-4522-a968-a8cb86b06d72-4] Lukas Jenkner: Michaela Kastel: What we are silent about: Teen drama with deadly side effects. In: stuttgarter-nachrichten.de. October 29, 2019, accessed May 19, 2020 .