Christine Brand

Christine Brand (born 11 April 1973 in Burgdorf) is a Swiss writer and journalist.

Christine Brand
Born	(1973-04-11) 11 April 1973 Burgdorf, Switzerland
Occupation	Writer and journalist
Website	christinebrand.ch

Life

Christine Brand grew up in Oberburg in Emmental. She completed her training as a teacher at the teachers' seminar in Langenthal. After an internship at the Berner Zeitung, she became editor there. From 1996 to 2004, she was editor and court reporter in the department "Canton" of the newspaper The Bund, starting in 2003 with reduced workloads. From 2003 to 2005, she was Correspondent for Canton and City of Bern of a pool of daily newspapers Basler Zeitung, Aargauer Zeitung, Southeastern Switzerland and St. Galler Tagblatt. In 2005, she completed an apprenticeship as a television journalist on the editorial board of the "Rundschau" of Swiss television, with two external internships at the Federal Parliament and in Geneva. From 2006 to 2008 she was editor of the "Rundschau". From June 2008 until the end of 2017, she was editor at the NZZ am Sonntag in the section "Background and Opinions".[1]

In 2013 she was awarded the Media Prize of the Swiss Bar Association for a court reports. For a report on family killings, she received the media prize of SRG SSR idée suisse.

She teaches "storytelling" and "reportage" as a lecturer in the journalism course at Adult Education Zurich.

After being signed by Blanvalet publisher of the Random House Publishing, she wants to become self-employed in 2018 as a writer. In journalism, she only wants to work as a freelance author.[2]

Brand is a member of the associations Autorengruppe deutschsprachige Kriminalliteratur – Das Syndikat and Authors of Switzerland. She lives in Zurich.[3]

Publications

Novels

• Mond: Geschichten aus aller Welt, Unionsverlag, Zürich 2016, ISBN 978-3-293-00498-6
• Stiller Hass, Landverlag, Langnau 2015, ISBN 978-3-905980-25-7[4]
• Kalte Seelen, Landverlag, Langnau 2013, ISBN 978-3-905980-14-1[5]
• Das Geheimnis der Söhne, Landverlag, Langnau 2010, ISBN 978-3-9523520-7-6[6]
• Todesstrich, Landverlag, Langnau 2009, ISBN 978-3-9523520-3-8[7]
• Schattentaten: wahre Kriminalgeschichten ans Licht gebracht, Stämpfli, Bern 2008, ISBN 3-7272-1300-0[8]

Short stories

• Im Ameisenhaufen, Appenzeller Verlag, Schwellbrunn 2016, ISBN 978-3-85882-736-4
• Totes Vieh, Landverlag, Langnau 2015, ISBN 978-3-905980-26-4
• Grüngesprenkelte Augen, Vidal Verlag, Winterthur 2014, ISBN 978-3-9523734-7-7
• Toter Hund, Gmeiner, Messkirch 2013, ISBN 978-3-8392-1381-0
• Tod am Napf, Landverlag, Langnau 2012, ISBN 978-3-905980-08-0
• Lochbach-Geist, Landverlag, Langnau 2009, ISBN 978-3-9523520-1-4
• Späte Rache, Landverlag, Langnau 2008, ISBN 978-3-03301577-7
• Heimliche Touristenattraktion, Kulturbuchverlag, Burgdorf 2009, ISBN 978-3-9523304-9-4

References

1. "Impressum". Neue Zürcher Zeitung. 9 February 2017. Archived from the original on 3 June 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
2. "Christine Brand verlässt die "NZZ am Sonntag"". Neue Zürcher Zeitung. 17 October 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
3. "Christine Brand". Christine Brand. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
4. Alexandra Sury (25 March 2015). "Die Suche nach den Mördern, deren Opfer auch Täter waren". Der Bund. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
5. Simon Jäggi (9 April 2013). ""Ich habe in einem Leichenwagen gelernt, Auto zu fahren"". Der Bund. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
6. Urs Steiner (19 November 2010). "Stammbaum-Kriminologie". Neue Zürcher Zeitung. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
7. Anita Bachmann (17 October 2009). "Fiktiver Mord im friedvollen Dorf" (PDF). Der Bund. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
8. "Der Täter und sein Gesicht" (PDF). Der Bund. 13 May 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2018.

External links

• Official website Christine Brand
• Publications by and about Christine Brand in the catalogue Helveticat of the Swiss National Library
• Werke von Christine Brand in the German National Library catalogue
• Philippe Zweifel: Die nordischen Autoren haben eine Grenze erreicht. Tages-Anzeiger 17 April 2013 (Interview)