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Katharina Gerlach

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in Paderborn, Germany

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Children's Books, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Historical Fiction

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Astrid Lindgren, Diana Wynne Jones, E. Nesbit, Neil Gaiman, Alan Dean ...more

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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

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Average rating: 4.15 · 599 ratings · 317 reviews · 94 distinct works

	Scotland's Guardians 3.95 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 2013 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dwarf and the Twins: Snow White and Rose Red (Treasures Retold #1) 4.39 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Amadi, the Phoenix, the Sphinx, and the Djinn 4.07 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2012 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Urchin King 3.67 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2011 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Swordplay (Gendarmerie Magique #1) 3.82 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2014 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The King's Mechanic: Beauty and the Beast (Treasures Retold #3) 4.26 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Paralan's Children 4.59 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2013 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Amadi and the Phoenix [Excerpt] 3.32 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Juma's Rain: A Fantasy Romance Novel Set in Stone Age Africa 4.14 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ann Angel's Freedom (Waldmann Family Saga, #1) by Katharina Gerlach (Goodreads Author), Anke Waldmann (Contributor) 4.08 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2005 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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January 2023: Storytime Bloghop(plus a tiny bit about the kickstarter)

I’m slowly getting back into the swing of things. The kickstarter is such a great motivation to get back to writing (it’s in its final throes … ehm week, and I think we might even get to the last stretch goal yet). Also, I settled into my new flat just fine. My story for the Storytime Bloghop is the first one I did using dictation, and although it needed some revising, it turned out better than I’

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Treasures Retold (13 books)
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Amadi (3 books)
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Gendarmerie Magique (1 book)
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Waldmann Family Saga (2 books)
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High School Dragons (3 books)
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Leonie Joy

3.42 avg rating — 12 ratings

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Katharina Gerlach liked a quote “We should embrace our mistakes, not fear them, learn from them, as we know we are not perfect. We do not come from perfection, we reach for perfection.” Shani Bush
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Katharina Gerlach made a comment on short interlude… " Adiahs2708 wrote: "great to hear from you Cat! your grandson is adorable in that astronaut suit xD <3" It's his snow suit and my husband's motorcycle h ...more "
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Katharina Gerlach wants to read Don't Touch That!: A Sci-Fi & Fantasy Parenting Anthology by Jaymee Goh (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“You want me to marry Paul? But he is a moron and an idiot! He hasn't learned to fight properly, and he can't even read."
The king's smile widened. "I knew you'd like him.”
― Katharina Gerlach, Urchin King

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