Ask the Author: Ursula Janssen
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Ursula Janssen
The Books of Jacob by Olga Tokarczuk
Ursula Janssen
I like my stories to be based on true history, and this is what inspires me. As an archaeologist I put great emphasis on correct and precise research, so a lot of time goes into it even before I sketch the story outline.
Ursula Janssen
Currently I am working on my next book project: “THE PHOTOJOURNALIST”, a biographical novel of the life and adventures of photojournalist and war photographer Manoocher Deghati.
Looking for an inspiration for a new novel, I realized that I have a unique source of unique and relevant stories just in front of me, some of them more fantastic than one could imagine...
Looking for an inspiration for a new novel, I realized that I have a unique source of unique and relevant stories just in front of me, some of them more fantastic than one could imagine...
Ursula Janssen
I wrote an article for the Italian issue of the National Geographic Magazine about the history of interfaith cohabitation in Southern Italy. During my research I realized that the material I gathered, combined with my own life experience in Puglia, is rich enough to make it into a novel.
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