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I’m thrilled to be this year’s recipient of this year's German Children’s Radio Drama Award for “Stella Menzel and the Golden Thread” (rbb/NDR) with many thanks to the award’s sponsors, Film- und Medienstiftung NRW and the ARD Radio network.
The photo shows us in the rbb-studio in July 2019 during a break. We see Theresa Zertani (left), who played Stella, Leslie Malton (right) Stella’s mother, Isabel Zwickel-Menzel, and yours truly (middle) who was cast as Stella’s Oma from America, Josephine. (Me? A grandmother? Yikes!) The photo is a little out of focus. And do you know why? Director Leonhard Koppelmann’s hands were shaky because he just couldn’t wait to get a bite of the cake, a surprise from the folks over at Ohrenbär (rbbKultur). Many thanks to the baker, Birgit Patzelt, and producer, Sonja Kessen. They were all a part of this wonderful production and I am deeply grateful to them!
I am thrilled to report that my novel “The Mystery of Ainsley Castle” has been awarded two more book awards this fall: the LEKTORIX, awarded by the Austrian weekly magazine “Die Furche,” the Institut für Jugendkultur and the STUBE-Vienna. Equally wonderful: “The Mystery of Ainsley Castle” was named Children's Book-of-the-Month October by the German Academy for Children’s and Young Adult Literature in Volkach, Bavaria. Read more here:
My novel DAS RÄTSEL VON AINSLEY CASTLE (The Mystery of Ainsley Castle) was just named by Deutschlandfunk and Focus Magazin one of the “7 Best Books for Young Readers” for the month July 2020!
A new book is always thrilling. I can't wait to hear what you think. Please let me know. You can contact me here.
My German-language radio play, Prince Charles, Melvin Minsky and Me, from 1995, inspiration for my later novel Prince William, Maximilian Minsky and Me (2002/2005) is online and can be easily downloaded. I perform the role of the Narrator. It's fun! Here's the link: Deutschlandfunkkultur
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Yvonne’s father was the assistant cultural attaché to the American embassy, but the way she carried on, you’d think he were the president of the whole United States. As far as I could tell, all she had to her name were big breasts, a little brain, and an MCM shoulder bag. |
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