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Katharina Gerlach

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Katharina Gerlach was born in Germany in 1968. She and her three younger brothers grew up in the middle of a forest in the heart of the Luneburgian Heather. After romping through the forest with imagination as her guide, the tomboy learned to read and disappeared into magical adventures, past times or eerie fairytale woods.

She didn’t stop at reading. During her training as a landscape gardener, she wrote her first novel, a manuscript full of a beginner’s mistakes. Fortunately, she found books on Creative Writing and soon her stories improved. For a while, reality interfered with her writing but after finishing a degree in forestry and a PhD in Science she returned to her vocation. She likes to write Fantasy, Science Fiction and Historical N...more


It’s Pentecost today, and I feel more down that I have in quite a while. Everything related to “Paralan’s Children” is ready to go. I even managed to get a few people to request a pre-publication copy for reviewing (if you want one please contact me at reviews_at_katharinagerlach.com, replace _at_ with @), and now I feel drained. All energy seems to be gone. When I look at the amount of work th...

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Published on May 20, 2013 01:37
Average rating: 3.85 · 78 ratings · 53 reviews · 13 distinct works · Similar authors
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Katharina Gerlach Hi,

I hope you will like it.

Cat


Katharina Gerlach Hi George,

thank you too. Sorry, I didn't see this earlier. I'm still trying to get used to goodreads. It's not always easy.

Cat


Heavenlypeachgarden Cant wait to read ytour new Amadi book
Best wishes
Jude
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Georges Kariotis .......................................... Hi Katharina!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you fror your friendship!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Happy reading!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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