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Birgit Jaeckel

Scriptwriter & Novelist

Our author was seven when her mother typewrote Birgit’s first manuscript. As teenager, her family sometimes wondered about that “basement kid” retreating downstairs every day to write a novel. She outgrew the basement but not the love for storytelling.

After her M.A. in archaeology and some time in Norway and Stockholm, Birgit moved to the Bavarian Alps. Surrounded by mountains she continued to work as novelist and communication consultant while digging deep into screenwriting. She loves the process of writing condensed, focusing on the essential and creating powerful imagery through words.

Speaking about her fascination with greatness: Birgit traveled by dogsled through the Arctic, sailed to Antarctica and spent ten years working closely with the heroes of the “Alternative Nobel Prize”. She attended scout classes, spent nights crawling among thorn trees, and sees herself as deeply rooted in martial arts. She creates characters that are their own natural force and enjoys playing with big moments. Birgit allows her characters to be complex. After all she, too, copes with a smile with her own contradictory aspects. Which may be one reason why she never narrowed herself down to a certain genre or format.

Her passion to express life and its magic echoes into Birgit’s coaching: besides storytelling, she teaches Zen Martial Arts, Yoga and meditation.

© picture: Christian Waldegger

Filmographie

2022

THE DRUIDESS | DIE DRUIDIN & DER FLUCH DER DRUIDIN
(DIE TOCHTER DER DRUIDIN)
history, action, drama
concept for a series (German, English)
optioned 2022

THE BOOKS OF PUCK
mystery, suspense | concept for a series

2019

GONE COLD | INS EIS
mystery, drama
feature scripts in Englisch/German
co-author German script: Marie Noelle
optioned 2019

KALTENREICH
mystery, drama | concept for a series
co-author: Marie Noelle

2018

HEILE WELT | METROPOLITAN DREAMS | BAUERNTHEATER
history, drama | concept for a feature film
Sappralot

2016

PULLED UNDER | DER SEE
mystery, thriller
feature script

 

Other activities

PUBLISHED NOVELS
Die Druidin, 2007, Knaur Verlag,
e-Book 2019 at Dotbooks Verlag
Der Fluch der Druidin, 2008, Knaur Verlag,
eBook as „Die Tochter der Druidin“ 2019 at Dotbooks Verlag
Ins Eis (als Karen Nieberg), 2013, Goldmann Verlag
Das Erbe der Rauhnacht, 2018, BoD
Lara & Jan (als Karen Nieberg), 2020, BoD

OTHER ACTIVITIES
Storytelling workshops & coaching, communication consultant
Teacher for yoga, meditation and martial arts

Education

M.A. in Prehistoric Archaeology, Paleontology, Ancient History
University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

Awards

DIE DRUIDIN
Book of the Year, Bertelsmann Book Club , 2007

DAS ERBE DER RAUHNACHT
Best Independent Title – Seraph, 2019
Nomination (Shortlist) Deutscher Selfpublishing Award ,2019
Nomination (Longlist) Phantastikpreis der Stadt Wetzlar, 2019
Nomination (Shortlist) Krefelder Fantasypreis, 2020