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Maja Ilisch

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in Dortmund, Germany

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Fantasy, Horror, Gay and Lesbian

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Peter S. Beagle, Mervyn Peake, Wilkie Collins ...more

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Maja Ilisch, geboren 1975 in Dortmund, studierte Öffentliches Bibliothekswesen an der FH Köln und absolvierte eine Ausbildung zur Fachbuchhändlerin. Sie schrieb unter anderem für TV-Serien auf SAT1 und RTL sowie für ein Hörspiellabel, für das sie auch eine Phantastikreihe konzipierte. Außerdem betreibt sie die Website des von ihr gegründete Fantasy-Autorenforums TINTENZIRKEL. Heute lebt sie als Bibliothekarin und freie Autorin mit ihrem Mann in Aachen, wo sie sich mit Büchern umgibt und ausgewählte Gäste mit ihrer Puppensammlung erschreckt, die fast nur aus Köpfen besteht. „Das Puppenzimmer“ ist ihre erste Romanveröffentlichung.

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	Unten 4.11 avg rating — 95 ratings — 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
	Das Puppenzimmer 3.37 avg rating — 115 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
	Das gefälschte Siegel (Neraval-Sage, #1) 3.29 avg rating — 93 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	Die Spiegel von Kettlewood Hall 3.77 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 2018 — 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
	Die vierte Wand 4.04 avg rating — 28 ratings — 2 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
	Das gefälschte Herz (Neraval-Sage, #2) 3.92 avg rating — 26 ratings — 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
	Das gefälschte Land (Neraval-Sage, #3) 3.67 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2022 — 2 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
	Geigenzauber 3.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2013	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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	Prinzessin Floradora – Verflixt, verwünscht und voll verflucht by Maja Ilisch (Goodreads Author), Laura Rosendorfer (Illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 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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Ich hatte im Leben immer zwei Traumberufe – Schriftstellerin wollte ich sein, und Bibliothekarin. Nein, das stimmt so natürlich nicht ganz. Ziemlich lange, so von meinem neunten bis zum zwölften Lebensjahr, wollte ich ein Seeräuber sein. Aber dann Schriftstellerin. Es erschien mir genauso unrealistisch wie Seeräuber, wenn ich ehrlich war. Schließlich hatte ich nie eine Geschichte fertiggeschrieben

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