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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: 4.18 · 508 ratings · 285 reviews · 72 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
	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
	The Dwarf and the Twins: Snow White and Rose Red (Treasures Retold #1) 4.50 avg rating — 26 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
	The King's Mechanic: Beauty and the Beast (Treasures Retold #3) 4.39 avg rating — 18 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
	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
	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
	Ann Angel's Freedom (Waldmann Family Saga, #1) by Katharina Gerlach (Goodreads Author), Anke Waldmann (Contributor) 4.09 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2005 — 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
	Juma's Rain: A Fantasy Romance Novel Set in Stone Age Africa 4.36 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

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Storytime Bloghop July 2020(#free #fiction)

If you’ve read my recent blog posts, you’ll know that I’ve been keeping up with publishing one book per month. Feel free to check out the previous blog posts announcing the new releases. But now, it’s time for our quarterly “Storytime Bloghop” again. Read free flash stories from me and 9 other participants. I hope you’ll like mine even though it’s somewhat longer this time, and as always, remember

Series by Katharina Gerlach

Treasures Retold (13 books)
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4.45 avg rating — 80 ratings

Amadi (3 books)
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3.84 avg rating — 63 ratings

Gendarmerie Magique (1 book)
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3.82 avg rating — 22 ratings

Waldmann Family Saga (2 books)
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Katharina Gerlach (Goodreads Author),

Anke Waldmann (Research)

4.18 avg rating — 17 ratings

High School Dragons (3 books)
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Katharina Gerlach (Goodreads Author),

Leonie Joy

3.38 avg rating — 8 ratings

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Katharina Gerlach wrote a new blog post Storytime Bloghop July 2020(#free #fiction) If you’ve read my recent blog posts, you’ll know that I’ve been keeping up with publishing one book per month. Feel free to check out the previous blo Read more of this blog post »
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Katharina Gerlach liked Hanfi's review of Meerjungfrauen: Das geheime Leben der Fabelwesen 1: "Meerjungfrauen... Da denkt man doch erstmal an eine ganz bestimmte Rothaarige... Kindergeschichten, Kitsch und alles, was man eben schon über Meerjungfrauen zu wissen dachte. Falsch gedacht! In diesem Buch finden sich die verschiedensten Kurzgeschicht" Read more of this review »
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Katharina Gerlach liked K Reading's review of Meerjungfrauen: Das geheime Leben der Fabelwesen 1: "Diese Anthologie enthält 30 verschiedene Autoren, die dich in die Welt der Meerjungfrauen entführen. Sie sind alle sehr unterschiedlich, unterhaltsam und voller Geheimnisse, wie dieses mythologische Wesen. Die Geschichten sind jeweils ca. 10 Seiten la" Read more of this review »
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Katharina Gerlach rated a book it was amazing Voyagers: The Third Ghost by Yvonne Ventresca (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
I've finally managed to finis reading the book (my story is the last one and I won't say anything about it because I loved through it. Trying to judge it would be unfair). I really loved the stories in this book even though I was able to tell the end ...more
Jun 15, 2020 08:42AM · 1 like · like · see review
Katharina Gerlach made a comment on her review of Voyagers: The Third Ghost " it should have read "finish" not "finis". I do know howto spell but sometimes my fingers are too fast for my brain. Sorry. "
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Katharina Gerlach made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Please change the cover topic " Hi all, thank you in advance for the incredible work you're doing. I'm currently in the process of publishing a German short story anthology and need to ...more "
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Ich bin eine der beiden Initiatorinnen dieser Anthologie und liebe jede einzelne dieser Geschichten. Es gibt so viele verschiedene Facetten, die das Leben von Meerleuten beleuchten. Es ist für jeden Geschmack etwas dabei.
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Katharina Gerlach made a comment on Beverly McClure’s review of Voyagers: The Third Ghost " I'm glad you liked the stories so much. "
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Quotes by Katharina Gerlach

“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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