Gisa Klönne
Marital status:
Married
Profession
Writer
Crimes:
An estimated 30 murders – all of them literary
Greatest fears:
War. Environmental catastrophes. People I love getting sick or dying.
Greatest hope:
Love
Personality in brief:
Clever. Tough. Mainly optimistic.
Where would you like to live:
Where I do live, with my husband in our terraced house in Cologne.
Favourite books:
Alice Walker: The Color Purple. Elizabeth George: Deception on his Mind. Ulla Hahn: Das verborgene Wort. Margaret Atwood: Cat’s Eye.
Favourite literary hero or heroine:
Jill in Marge Piercy’s novel "Braided Lives"
Best decision in your life:
Quitting my job as an editor and pursuing my dream of writing until I could earn a living from it
Greatest flaw:
Doubts – luckily, I’m learning how to keep them under control
Favourite place:
The shore of a lake in the forests of Ontario
Dream of happiness:
Sitting right there by a campfire
What leads you into temptation:
Travel
Relaxation is:
Silence. Nature. A long view
What couldn’t you do without:
Music
What drives you:
My imagination. And the conviction that it’s worth making an effort
Your next goal:
My next book ...
