Biography
Born 1954 in Steyr, Upper AustriaPainting and drawing courses through the whole childhood
Studies of English and French Literature at the University of Vienna. During that time first publication of short stories and book reviews in Austrian and German newspapers. Exhibitions in Vienna and the Netherlands
Move to East Berlin in GDR (husband named General Representative for Shell Oil in the German Democratic Republic), immediately followed by official prohibition on publishing and exhibiting. This prohibition was evaded by courageous galerists in Dresden for two illegal exhibitions in 1988 and 1989.
Return to Vienna in 1991
From that point: publications, exhibtions, teaching contemporary literature and creative writing at universities in different countries, (paid for by the Austrian government under a programme for cultural exchange). Classes held in German and English. Destinations to date: Iran, Bulgaria, Germany, Ireland, Turkey, Cuba.
Memberships
Member of the former German Chapter of Sisters in Crime, now Mörderische SchwesternAIEP (international association of crime writers, Association internationale d'escritores policiades)
IG AutorInnen (Association of Austrian Writers)
Podium (Network of Austrian authors and poets)
Literary Awards
1997 Literary Prize of the Country2003 Scholarship of Lower Austria
2006 Artist in Residence in Boswil, Switzerland
2007 Artist in Residence in Paliano Artist Center, Italy
2008 Literary Prize of the Country
