Susanne Billig

Susanne Billig (born April 2, 1961 in Wetter an der Ruhr ) is a German novelist, screenplay writer and science journalist.

Live and act

Susanne Billig was born in the Ruhr area . After graduating from high school, she moved to London , where she worked as a telephone operator. Then she lived in a rural commune in Wales . She studied biology in Berlin , where she was involved in the squatter scene and in the women's movement. After graduating, she worked in a laboratory for genetic engineering and then for three years as an editor of the journal Gen-ethischer Informationsdienst , which deals critically with genetic engineering and reproductive medicine. A time as a freelance journalist followed. Among other things, she wrote for Die Tageszeitung , Der Tagesspiegel , Greenpeace magazine and the city magazine zitty . As a science journalist, she designed programs for the television program of Deutsche Welle , Deutschlandradio Kultur , Deutschlandfunk and WDR .

In 1987, together with Gabriele Kämper , Susanne Billig wrote a picture of the mood of young people in Kreuzberg about leisure behavior, unemployment, xenophobia, culture and life prospects , which was published by the STERN Gesellschaft der Bewutsamen Stadternerung Berlin mbH .

As a novelist, Susanne Billig worked with a focus on the crime novel genre. In her crime novels, Helen Marrow, a journalist with special skills as a detective, investigates. In 2000, Susanne Billig published the lesbian novel Ein greieriger Ort , which received a lot of critical attention. Andrea Roedig wrote in the Friday : “A greedy place is melancholy, but well written. The stories exert their own dark pull, draw into the action and they are dense [...] In the genre of lesbian novels, the book is an interesting variant, especially because it has other things in its sights than the usual love stories. But of course this is about love, about lots of sex, and of course cheap doesn’t miss kitsch in several places, it has to be that way. Because in Berlin too everything will be - a little - good. "

As a screenwriter, she was involved in several feature films. The film Persecuted , which was made into a film based on her screenplay and directed by Angelina Maccarone , received the Golden Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival in 2006 . Together with Angelina Maccarone, she wrote the script for the film Beauty Come, The Day is Half Past (2001), based on the novel by Tessa de Loo .

Susanne Billig has been orienting herself towards Buddhism since 1988. She is a member of the board of trustees of the Buddhist Academy Foundation , which was founded by Peter Gäng and others. The cross-tradition Buddhist community Die Kraniche goes back to the initiative of Susanne Billigs.

With Sylvia Wetzel , Susanne Billig presented a meditation program entitled Lighter life .

Works

• With skin and trade . (rororo-Thriller) Rowohlt Verlag , Reinbek near Hamburg 1992, ISBN 3-499-43072-X .
• Seven characters. Your death . (rororo-Thriller) Rowohlt Verlag, Reinbek near Hamburg 1994, ISBN 3-499-43141-6 .
• In the shadow of the black bird . (rororo-Thriller) Rowohlt Verlag, Reinbek near Hamburg 1996, ISBN 3-499-43187-4 .
• The days of retribution . (rororo-Thriller) Rowohlt Verlag, Reinbek near Hamburg 1997, ISBN 3-499-43247-1 .
• A greedy place . Novel. Orlanda Verlag , Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-929823-65-9 .
• Attack from within. Helen Marrow's first case . Orlanda Verlag, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-929823-87-X .
• Fear heart. Helen Marrow's third case . Orlanda Verlag, Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-936937-16-8 .
• The Piri Re'is map. The forgotten knowledge of the Arabs and the discovery of America. CHBeck Verlag, Munich 2017, ISBN 978-3-406-71351-4 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Susanne Billig in the catalog of the German National Library
• Website Susanne Billig
• Susanne cheap in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Biographical data from the dictionary of German crime fiction authors: Susanne Billig
2. ↑ Susanne Billig and Gabriele Kämper: Kids in the Kiez . Berlin STERN GmbH 1987
3. ↑ Andrea Roedig : Everything will be fine again. Love in love and misery with a doctorate. Two debut novels about lesbian love in hard times. In: the Friday of June 30th, 2000
4. ↑ Buddhismus aktuell, 3/2015, p. 6
5. ↑ Buddhist Academy: The Foundation & the Team ( Memento of the original from July 17, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
6. ↑ The Cranes - Buddhism and Spirituality
7. ↑ Sylvia Wetzel and Susanne Billig: Live easier. Practical meditations on love, relationships and work . Berlin: Theseus Verlag 1999 ( ISBN 3-89620-188-3 )