Sylvia Heinlein

Sylvia Heinlein (born December 23, 1962 in Hamburg ) is a German children's book author and journalist .

Life

Sylvia Heinlein studied art history , literary studies and political science in Hamburg and Berlin . After graduating, she first worked in Tunisia and Greece . She then worked as a news editor and reporter for radio ( Norddeutscher Rundfunk , Radio Hamburg ) and as a magazine editor ( Axel Springer Verlag ).

Sylvia Heinlein has been working as a children's book author since 2000. Her work includes novels as well as picture and non-fiction books for children, including the series Die Superhelden . Moreover, it has for the series Ohrenbär the WDR written several radio plays. Her book Dragon Girl was produced as a radio play by SWR in 2007 . Nordwärts unterm Totenkopf (read by Udo Wachtveitl ) and Wednesday days (read by Ulrike C. Tscharre ) were published as audio books .

As part of the Lia Norden authors' collective (together with Cornelia Franz , Katja Reider and initially Hilke Rosenboom ) Sylvia Heinlein also writes for an adult reading audience. She also published the non-fiction book The Casanova in my bed .

Sylvia Heinlein's books were on shortlist such as “ The best 7 books for young readers ” from Deutschlandradio and Focus and “The 10 best from Bremen ” from Radio Bremen . In 2012 she was awarded the “ Kalbacher Klapperschlange ” youth literature prize. Individual titles also appeared in Denmark, Italy, Korea, Norway and the Czech Republic.

In 2012 the author received the Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung award for the film adaptation of her novel “Wednesday Days”. The prize is awarded annually for the best project in a class of participants at the Academy for Children's Media.

Sylvia Heinlein lives with her family in Hamburg.

Works

Children's and young people's literature

picture books

• Pit in the tree house. With pictures by Sabine Wiemers . Beltz and Gelberg, Weinheim 2003, ISBN 3-407-79301-4 .
• A loft bed for Hein. With pictures by Sabine Wiemers. Beltz and Gelberg, Weinheim 2006, ISBN 3-407-79353-7 .
• Bommes excavator. Sauerländer, Düsseldorf 2009, ISBN 978-3-7941-5193-6 .

Reading books

• Clara and Ben come to school. Little stories to read aloud. With pictures by Jutta Garbert . Book bear, Würzburg 2005, ISBN 3-401-08582-4 .
• Do you know what your body can do? Reading stories with puzzles and games. With pictures by Melanie Brockamp . Book bear, Würzburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-401-08630-9 .

Children's books

• Meta and the extraordinary aunt. Sauerländer, Aarau u. a. 1998, ISBN 3-7941-4301-9 .
• I want to know - while watching TV. Together with Andreas Schlueter . Arena, Würzburg 1998, ISBN 3-401-04811-2 .
• A guardian angel out of the blue. Sauerländer, Aarau u. a. 2002, ISBN 3-7941-4734-0 .
• Simply magical, princess. Arena, Würzburg 2004, ISBN 3-401-05615-8 .
• North under the skull. Sauerländer, Düsseldorf 2006, ISBN 3-7941-6075-4 .
• Christmas time and angel feathers. Pattloch, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-629-01352-X .
• Dragon maid. Carlsen, Hamburg 2006, ISBN 3-551-55431-5 .
• Sunny Christmas, Matz. Rowohlt, Reinbek 2007, ISBN 978-3-499-21427-1 .
• Sammy chases the mini monsters. Sauerländer, Düsseldorf 2008, ISBN 978-3-7941-6116-4 .
• The mini monsters make botch. Sauerländer, Düsseldorf 2009, ISBN 978-3-7941-6156-0 .
• The thing about the superheroes. Tulipan, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-939944-37-9 .
• Eddy and the Christmas wish machine. A story in 24 chapters. With pictures by Sabine Wiemers. Pattloch, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-629-01482-5 .
• Mama is a secret agent. Rowohlt, Reinbek 2011, ISBN 978-3-499-21569-8 .
• Wednesday days or “Let's go!” Says Aunt Hulda. Gerstenberg Verlag, Hildesheim 2011, ISBN 978-3-8369-5276-7 .
• Mission underpants. Tulipan, Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-86429-113-5 .
• Mermaid Nane. Where do you go to the sea? Tulipan, Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-86429-118-0 .
• The superheroes and the blue honk. Tulipan, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-86429-191-3 .
• The superheroes and the wild dwarfs. Tulipan, Berlin 2015, ISBN 978-3-86429-235-4 .

Adult literature

• Four truths and one death , (pseudonym: Lia Norden, together with three other authors), Rowohlt, Reinbek 2011, ISBN 3-499-25524-3 .
• The shadow of a summer , (pseudonym: Lia Norden, together with two other authors), Rowohlt, Reinbek 2013, ISBN 978-3-499-25352-2 .

counselor

• The Casanova in my bed. When women love unfaithful men. Rowohlt, Reinbek 2003, ISBN 3-499-61366-2 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Sylvia Heinlein in the catalog of the German National Library
• Jens Meyer-Odewald: Mrs. Heinlein and her good spirits , Hamburger Abendblatt, May 14, 2009