Simone Frieling

Born in Wuppertal in 1957, Simone Frieling is an author, painter and graphic artist. She has published short stories, novels, essays, literary nonfiction and anthologies. In 1998, she received the Martha Saalfeld Prize, also described as the Martha Saalfeld Advancement Prize of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Her works include the novel “Mitten im Leben” (2006), “Im Zimmer meines Lebens”, biographical portraits of women writers, and “Ausgezeichnete Frauen. Die Nobelpreisträgerinnen für Literatur”. Ebersbach & Simon has published, among other titles, “Rebellinnen”, “Sophie Scholl. Aufstand des Gewissens”, “Sylvia Plath. Jeder sollte zwei Leben haben” and “Ich schreibe, also bin ich”. Her oil paintings, pastels, watercolors and graphics, created since the 1980s, have been shown in numerous exhibitions.