Poppy J. Anderson
Poppy J. Anderson ( pseudonym ; birth name Carolin Bendel ; * 1983 ) is a German e-book - author . With four best-sellers sold and more than one million e-books it is considered successful author of self-publication in German-speaking countries . She is "one of the great e-book queens at Amazon". Her novel Titans of Love 1. In love in stoppage time is now also available from Rowohlt Verlag , further works in this series followed.
Life
Carolin Bendel studied German and history at the Ruhr University in Bochum until 2008 and then worked as a high school teacher until 2012 . According to an interview in 2014, she was working on a dissertation on security policy after World War II , entitled North America, Europe and the Middle East. The United States of America and the German-Israeli dialogue after World War II . As a historian, she wrote articles on the history of National Socialism for the online portal Shoa.de under her real name .
She has been publishing romance novels since 2012 . Her first novel, published on Amazon in 2012, sold 60,000 straight away. She has been a full-time writer since her breakthrough as a writer. Your e-books are also available as paperbacks on Amazon.
She also writes under the pseudonym Alexandra Graham, whose debut novel was published in spring 2014. According to Amazon, in March 2015 she became the first German author to reach the limit of one million self-published books sold. Anderson explains her success u. a. with the fact that the traditional publishing houses clung to their established program for a long time and slept through the development, which contributed to their success in self-publishing.
Works (selection)
- Titans of Love 1. In love with added time. Rowohlt Taschenbuch, Reinbek 2014, ISBN 978-3-499-26931-8 .
- Titans of Love 2nd touchdown for luck. Rowohlt Taschenbuch, Reinbek 2015, ISBN 978-3-499-26932-5 .
- Titans of Love 3. Make love and play football. Rowohlt Taschenbuch, Reinbek 2015, ISBN 978-3-499-26933-2 .
- Titans of Love 4. Forbidden kisses at half time. CreateSpace, Essen 2014, ISBN 978-1-4928-4562-1 .
- Crazy About a Clunk , 2017
Web links
- Internet presence Poppy J. Anderson
- Carolin Bendel (1983) at Leserkanone
- Successful online with humiliating novels. Best-selling author Poppy J. Anderson. TV report in the WDR show Current Hour , October 9, 2014. (Video on demand).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Carolin Bendel (alias Poppy J. Anderson and Alexandra Graham). Literaturhaus Graz , 2015, accessed on April 26, 2016 .
- ↑ Matthias Matting: Poppy J. Anderson is Germany's first self-publishing millionaire , at selfpublisherbibel, March 17, 2015, accessed on April 20, 2015
- ↑ a b c Britta Heidemann: Essenerin (31) celebrates success with romance novels as Poppy J. Anderson. Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung , October 19, 2014, local editorial office Essen, Kultur (book presentation)
- ^ Poppy J. Anderson - author's page at Rowohlt Verlag
- ↑ Poppy J. Anderson. Medientage Munich , 2016, accessed on April 26, 2016 .
- ↑ Carolin Bendel , dissertation project at Ruhr University Bochum
- ↑ The real name Carolin Bendel was announced in the WDR broadcast on October 9, 2014
- ↑ Carolin Bendel: Carolin Bendel (6 publications). The future needs memories , accessed on April 26, 2016 .
- ↑ Lisa Nienhaus: Amazon's next coup. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , September 29, 2014. Retrieved October 18, 2014
- ↑ a b Dana Buchzik: I'll be an author. FAZ , May 2, 2015, p. 18
- ↑ On World Book Day: Die Verlage und das Self-Publishing In: Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung , April 23, 2015, accessed on February 6, 2017.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Anderson, Poppy J. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bendel, Carolin (real name); Graham, Alexandra (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German e-book author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1983 |