Ursula Niehaus

Ursula Niehaus (* 1965 in Cologne ) is a German writer .

Niehaus comes from a family of booksellers . Since she was unable to study German and history for family reasons, she completed an apprenticeship as an insurance saleswoman and then studied economics . In 1993 she went into business for herself with a fabric shop in Cologne, but had to give up the business because of a change in her husband's career. Niehaus realized her enthusiasm for textiles in the historical novel Die Seidenweberin , published in 2007 , in which she describes the fate of a young silk weaver in Cologne in the Middle Ages . Her first work was a success with the public, and she has been a full-time writer ever since. She lives with her husband Andreas in Ingelheim am Rhein and in Sardinia .

Awards

• 2015: Bronze Homer for Die Stadtärztin in the Relationship & Society category

Works

The books Die Seidenweberin and Das Heiligenspiel have already been published several times and were also published as licensed editions by S. Fischer Verlag and the Weltbild publishing group . They have also been published as audio books and as interactive DAISY audio books (all read by Birgitta Assheuer).

Books

• The silk weaver . Knaur , Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-426-66256-4 .
• The holy play . Knaur, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-426-66257-1 .
• The daughter of the silk weaver . Knaur, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-426-66359-2 .
• The city doctor. Knaur, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-426-66360-8

Audio books

• The silk weaver . Argon Verlag , Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-86610-226-2 .
• The holy play . Argon Verlag, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-86610-563-8 .
• The silk weaver . Argon-Daisy-Edition - Argon Verlag, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-86610-702-1 .
• The holy play . Argon-Daisy-Edition - Argon Verlag, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-86610-771-7 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Ursula Niehaus in the catalog of the German National Library
• Information about Ursula Niehaus on www.historische-romane.de
• Information about Ursula Niehaus on www.literaturverbindel.eu (with two reviews )
• Information about Ursula Niehaus from the Droemer Knaur publishing group (with reading samples)